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I make one more test. Do you see the the little "Take ownership" icon? In this case you get this error.

The question is, if this error is useful in this case (if yes,this error should not to be shown on a white screen - instead in a error modal or in the message area )?

Why must a admin user have a parent? (in my case it's created by a script) Of cause I could use a given user as parent in the script...

You create the user with a super admin ? And connect with another admin ?

Can you tell the rigth of each user ?

No, I created this user by a script, without giving a parent User ID.
No connection with another.
Rights - no rights.

What I did:

1. created a user via script/plugin (without parent user ID)
2. try to set perms manually - error message

To solve this, I COULD use a parent super admin - of cause! But must I? It's a architecture question, I think and a question how other cases will be solved (error handling/ error messaging)!

In this context I found an other case/bug:

1. created a user via script/plugin (without parent user ID)
2. try to "take ownership" manually - nothing happens

The question is, if it's useful to set up a guideline which says: "In any case you have to use a parent UserID if you create a new user via a script" or to fit the malfunctions.

Hi,
1st : if a user have no 'user rigth' access: return a real error and not a die
2nd : if a user have no 'user rigth' access: don't show button
3rd : Allow 'take owner ship' and see what we get here (depending of rigths)

EDIT : what is the user when you are connected : super admin ? If yes : super admin have to have rigth here.

Yes, you need to have a parent user, otherwise it won't work.
How do you create the new user in the script?

c_schmitz : a super admin user can set rigth even if there are no parent user, no ?
Maybe : no parent : only super admin have rigth to do something ?

Hi, I used this for user creation:

$parent_id = 02; // NOW, this id is from a superadmin
$new_user = $adminuser = $response['username'];
$new_email = $email = $response['email'];
$name = $response['comp_name'] . ' ' . $response['comp_contact1_2'] . ' ' . $response['comp_contact1_1'];
$new_pass = $password = createPassword();
$iNewUID = User::model()
->insertUser($adminuser, $password, $name, $parent_id, $email);

The question is a more general question, how to handle errors and about documentation (example you need in every case a parent user...)

I am wondering - in my database it is not possible to insert an entry without parent_id? At least the parent_id needs to be 0.

Cartsen : see my comment on:
http://bugs.limesurvey.org/plugin.php?page=Source/view&id=13487

In 2.00 : only initial super admin can set/unset super admin rigth : and in 2.05 ?

We search superadmin by parent_id==0, maybe must be:
parent_id==0 AND ({{permissions}}.permission==superadmin ) (or uid==1 if OK )

All admins should have a parent_id - so all users are childs of the ID 1 superadmin (which is the only one to have a parent_id 0).
Let's just agree on that and we can close this ;).

Note: Fix this so that only superadmin with ID 1 can create superadmins.

Fix committed to master branch: http://bugs.limesurvey.org/plugin.php?page=Source/view&id=13597

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