To assign rights to specific roles, click the Administer | User management | Roles link, or navigate to admin/user/roles
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Click the edit permissions link for the student role.
The rights we will assign to this role will allow us to get students into the site. In Chapter 6: Creating the Student Blog, we will begin to assign greater rights to the student role to allow them to participate in a broader range of activities.
Note
As we add the ability to create different types of content on the site, we will assign rights to add, edit, and delete that content. In most cases, this will be done via the node module, as described in Chapter 3. This description will not cover assigning rights to specific content types, as these permissions will be discussed in the chapters devoted to these specific content types.
Assign the following rights to the student role: