umbraco: Control access to dashboard areas

Question

I've setup several areas in the dashboard.config file of my umbraco site to extend the admin. However, not all users should have access to these tabs. Is there a way to restrict access? I can only see how to restrict access from a particular section (e.g. Settings or Developer).

Answer 1

well yes, its not possible to block certain tabs from the users section you can workaround that yourself in the usercontrols on the dashboard itself.

in the page_load of your usercontrols you can request the current user and do something with it...

example: you could create a new usertype to give them access...

User u = User.GetCurrent();
if(u.UserType.Id != <the id of your new usertype>)
{
pnlNoAccess.visible = true;
}

there is a better solution beeing worked on, codeplex work item for this issue yet still it has no target for release.