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  1. README
  2. ======
  3. This module contains tools for developers using access control modules
  4. to restrict access to some nodes. It is intended to help catch some
  5. common mistakes and provide feedback to confirm that restricted nodes
  6. are in fact visible only to the intended users.
  7. Provides a summary page which queries the node_access table and
  8. reports common mistakes such as the presence of Drupal's default entry
  9. which grants all users read access to all nodes. Also reports the
  10. presence of nodes not represented in node_access table. This may
  11. occur when an access control module is installed after nodes have
  12. already been created.
  13. Provides a block which shows all node_access entries for the nodes
  14. shown on a given page. This gives developers a quick check to see
  15. that grants are provided as they should be. This block auto-enables
  16. to the footer region. You may move it as desired.
  17. If Views module is installed, allows browsing of nodes by realm,
  18. including those nodes not in the node_access table (NULL realm).
  19. WISHLIST
  20. ========
  21. Things I'd like to see but haven't had time to do:
  22. * Automatically solve common problems. I.e. delete the "all" realm
  23. entry, and automatically save all nodes not in the node_access table.
  24. * Nicer feedback indicating whether nodes are visible to the public or
  25. not. I.e. use color coding or icons.
  26. * Summary does not differentiate between view grants and other types
  27. of grants. I personally use node_access only for view grants so I'm
  28. not sure exactly what else it should show.
  29. AUTHOR
  30. ======
  31. Dave Cohen AKA yogadex on drupal.org