[dev] Residual preferences defeating locked prefs

[Edwin Culp]

Quoting Chuck Hagenbuch <chuck@horde.org>:

 
| The hitch is that people wanted the ability to set preferences _for_ some 
| users, while still locking things in general, which is what the current 
| behavior allows...
| 
| -chuck
| 

I'm not really concerned  but I am confused.  Lets suppose that I have 
10 "power users" that are setting their prefs, I add 20 newbie's that
seting and locking their basic prefs for them, will make life beautiful.
I now have 10 users that are free and 20 that are locked.  If I'm not 
correct, please stop me.  What if 5 of the last 20 that I felt were not
sophisticated enough to set their prefs now want to join the 10 power 
users and take control of their lives, how do I do it?

I guess, what I'm trying to say is that I don't understand the way to
administer a system that will have "the ability to set preferences 
for some users, while still locking things in general".  Because
if I did understand, it would sound like a nightmare and I'm sure it
isn't if there are folks doing it:-)

Sorry for the noise and thanks for your patience,

ed

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