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#185: Change Content Owner if Current Owner is Deleted
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Currently if a site manager deletes a user who owns content objects, those objects can become inaccessible. Plone should offer an opportunity to reassign objects during the user delete process.
- Proposed by
- Jon Stahl
- Seconded by
- Alexander Limi
- Proposal type
- Architecture
- State
- being-discussed
Motivation
Currently, if the user that owns a content object is deleted, that content object becomes "orphaned" (has no owner) which can lead to unpredictable behavior, and it is not always possible easily reassign ownership through the Plone UI.
Fixing this behavior will prevent site managers from accidentally making content inaccessible when they delete users.
Proposal
When a user is deleted, Plone should
- Check to see if that users owns any content objects
- If so, present a dialog that:
- Shows which content objects the user owns
- Allows you to choose a new user who should be assigned ownership of the objects
- Reassign ownership of the objects
- Delete the user as requested
IPrincipalDeletedEvent
Posted by
Emyr Thomas
at
September 28, 2007 - 13:24
PluggableAuthService has a IPrincipalDeletedEvent that could be used for this.
An option, why not.
Posted by
Encolpe Degoute
at
November 1, 2007 - 21:20
It could be very long if the user have hundreds or thousands of documents. Think about Plone sites based on forums for example...
Also allow for deleting all the content the user owned