Joomla 2.5 ACL – Core Permissions Updated on August 16, 2021 by Brad Markle 1 Minutes, 48 Seconds to Read Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. In a previous article, we began discussing the basic fundamentals of Joomla 2.5 ACL, Access Control Lists. We covered that the Access Control Lists are based upon: Users User Groups Access Levels Core Permissions In this article, we will cover in more detail the Core Permissions of Joomla’s ACL. When assigning rights / permissions to a user group, you are in essence toggling the Core Permissions available within the Access Control Lists. These Core Permissions include: The Joomla 2.5 Core Permissions: Site Login Site login controls whether a user can log into the front end of your website Admin Login Admin login dictates who can log into the administrative end of your website Offline Access Offline Access sets who can see the website when it is set to offline mode Super Admin Super Admin privileges are similar to root access. Super Admin can do anything, which naturally includes overriding ACL settings Access Component Access Component gives rights to users for specific areas in the administrative interface, such as managing menus and components Create The right to create allows users to create new content Delete Delete controls which users can delete content Edit Edit allows users to edit any content, regardless of whether it is their own content or not Edit State Edit State allows a user to change the state of content, such as being published, unpublished, and even trashed or archived Edit Own Edit own allows them to edit content they’ve created. They can only edit their own content, they cannot edit content created by others All users groups have the ability to be given these core permissions. For example, if you go to Joomla Admin >> Global Configuration >> Permissions, you’ll see that all user groups show the same core permissions: Registered Users Super Users As you can see below, both Registered Users and Super Users share the same 10 core permissions. In future articles, we’ll cover more on how to toggle core permissions on / off for specific user groups. Share this Article Related Articles How to Use the Free Mini Frontpage Extension for Joomla 4.0 How to Change a Joomla 2.5 User’s Email Address How to Configure Joomla 2.5 to Send Email Using SMTP How to Edit a Joomla 3 Template How to install Phoca Gallery for Joomla 2.5 Creating a Menu Item for your Joomla 3 Component Changing Email Settings in Joomla 3.1 Using the Redirect Manager in Joomla 3.1 How to add Bootstrap to a Joomla 3.1 Template How to Use Bootstrap 5.0 Alerts in Joomla 4.0
