Many companies are using the open-source groupware / “project management” tool dotProject.
It’s a neat little application that can be used for anything from simple task management to full blown Gantt chart nerdiness. One of the issues that many people have when first setting up the application is getting all the user permissions set up correctly.
Here is a great tip I just learned that may save you a bunch of time…
If you’ve got a dotProject installation that has multiple companies that contain users who should not be able to see anything going on within other companies here’s what you can do:
- Click User Admin
- Click the padlock icon to the left of a user
- Click the Permissions tab
- Select Companies from the add permission drop-down
- Select Deny from Access drop-down
- Check all of the permission boxes
You have now denied all access rights to every company. You do want this user to have access to the company with which they belong. Here’s how to fix that:
- Select Companies from the add permission drop-down
- Select Allow from Access drop-down
- Check all of the permission boxes (or a subset depending on the level of access you want to give)
There you go! Simple 2 permission access to a single company within a multi-company environment in dotProject.
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