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[Ruslan Kabalin <1274948@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good question which I asked myself why I have not introduced the new
system group role, such as "inspector", that would not be possible to
assign people via membership page, but will be assigned to admins if
there is an objection content. I started working that way initially, but
then realised that though roles are in the table, there are many-many
occurrences in the code when they are literally compared to its string
values rather than some capabilities that are supposed to be defined in
the grouptype_roles table, so between adding more mess or less, I have
chosen adding less )) and added all forum access validation for site
admins to user_can_access_forum. Ideally the "system" grouptype is
needed with system roles that will be inherited by other grouptypes
(standard and course), and all permissions validation needs to be done
against capabilities defined at grouptype level. But that is different
story that require a separate issue and substantial amount of work.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1274948

Title:
  Site admins can't see group activities without joining.

Status in Mahara ePortfolio:
  New

Bug description:
  I might be too lazy to do a deep search, but quick search have not
  indicated any related discussion or bug. Basically the problem is that
  site (and institution) admins can't see group activities without
  joining them using ordinary route or making themselves group admin
  using own privileges. Not sure if this is right and do not see why
  site admin should not be able to access any group forum or pages
  directly without joining the group.

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