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[Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 6:00 AM,  <hiattt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I’m trying to create a role that can manage users. I’ve added every ability
> that has ‘user’ in it to that role, but still none of the users show up. Is
> there something magic I’m missing?
>
>

Hi Tom,

the arrangement is that the current user must himself have all of the
authorities of the users visible to him. This was done to allow
decentralization of user management, e.g. a district user can create
and manage facility users for his district, but not create super-users
or other district users.

The problem with creating users who should only be allowed to create
and manage any type of users is that is gives a false sense of
security - they could easily create a new user account for themselves,
log in with it and perform whatever task they are allowed to give
others.

Lars