Hello RT users,
I wanted to know if anybody had a working example or was already hiding RT
menu options from logged in users?
The first item I want to hide is the “Logout” button for all users. We’re
using SSO so it’s not required to be present.
The second item I would like to hide (for a specific user group) is the
RTIR menu option.
Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated,
Thank you!
Matt Coons
I don’t have a specific example, but you can hide the Logout option with an
overlay.
cp [RT path]/share/html/Elements/Tabs [RT path]/local/html/Elements
Now open the copy you just made, find the Logout option, and wrap it in a
conditional, or add to the conditions already present. You can check the
group membership of the current user, for instance. Once done, don’t forget
to clear your Mason cache and restart RT:
find [RT path]/var/mason_data/obj -mindepth 1 -delete
/etc/init.d/[RT script name] restart
If you need more detailed instructions, let the list know.On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 12:57 PM, Matthew Coons coonsm@umich.edu wrote:
Hello RT users,
I wanted to know if anybody had a working example or was already hiding RT
menu options from logged in users?The first item I want to hide is the “Logout” button for all users. We’re
using SSO so it’s not required to be present.The second item I would like to hide (for a specific user group) is the
RTIR menu option.Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated,
Thank you!
Matt Coons
Alex Hall
Automatic Distributors, IT department
ahall@autodist.com
Writing extensions - RT 4.4.1 Documentation - Best Practical Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 11:57 AM, Matthew Coons coonsm@umich.edu wrote:
Hello RT users,
I wanted to know if anybody had a working example or was already hiding RT
menu options from logged in users?The first item I want to hide is the “Logout” button for all users. We’re
using SSO so it’s not required to be present.The second item I would like to hide (for a specific user group) is the RTIR
menu option.Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated,
Thank you!
Matt Coons
Thanks Alex and Matt, this is really helpful!
Matt Coons
Incident Responder and Threat Analyst
Information & Infrastructure Assurance (IIA)
University of Michigan
734-764-4105
coonsm@umich.eduOn Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 2:48 PM, Matt Zagrabelny mzagrabe@d.umn.edu wrote:
https://docs.bestpractical.com/rt/4.4.1/writing_
extensions.html#Adding-and-Modifying-MenusOn Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 11:57 AM, Matthew Coons coonsm@umich.edu wrote:
Hello RT users,
I wanted to know if anybody had a working example or was already hiding
RT
menu options from logged in users?The first item I want to hide is the “Logout” button for all users. We’re
using SSO so it’s not required to be present.The second item I would like to hide (for a specific user group) is the
RTIR
menu option.Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated,
Thank you!
Matt Coons
Is there anything besides restarting apache and clearing the Mason cache
that I need to do for my changes to take effect?
I found the callbacks that reference the “logout” button in the “Tabs” file
and I commented them out.
I restarted apache and cleared the mason cache, but I still see the logout
option present. Even if I start a new session from a private webpage.
Any ideas what I may be doing wrong?
Thanks.
Matt Coons
Incident Responder and Threat Analyst
Information & Infrastructure Assurance (IIA)
University of Michigan
734-764-4105
coonsm@umich.eduOn Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 3:03 PM, Matthew Coons coonsm@umich.edu wrote:
Thanks Alex and Matt, this is really helpful!
Matt Coons
Incident Responder and Threat Analyst
Information & Infrastructure Assurance (IIA)
University of Michigan734-764-4105 <(734)%20764-4105>
coonsm@umich.eduOn Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 2:48 PM, Matt Zagrabelny mzagrabe@d.umn.edu wrote:
https://docs.bestpractical.com/rt/4.4.1/writing_extensions.
html#Adding-and-Modifying-MenusOn Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 11:57 AM, Matthew Coons coonsm@umich.edu wrote:
Hello RT users,
I wanted to know if anybody had a working example or was already hiding
RT
menu options from logged in users?The first item I want to hide is the “Logout” button for all users.
We’re
using SSO so it’s not required to be present.The second item I would like to hide (for a specific user group) is the
RTIR
menu option.Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated,
Thank you!
Matt Coons
You’re on Apache, so I doubt you’re also using an FCGI server like Enginx
users have to? If you happen to be, you’ll need to restart that separately,
and not worry about Apache. At least, I just restart the FCGI server and
not Nginx and it works. My only other idea is to reverse the order: clear
the cache, then restart Apache. I can’t think of anything else you should
have to do. If it still doesn’t work, check the names of your modified
files in local/html/Elements. If the file(s) you worked on there don’t
match the names in share/html/Elements precisely, RT won’t find and load
your versions.On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 4:03 PM, Matthew Coons coonsm@umich.edu wrote:
Is there anything besides restarting apache and clearing the Mason cache
that I need to do for my changes to take effect?I found the callbacks that reference the “logout” button in the “Tabs”
file and I commented them out.I restarted apache and cleared the mason cache, but I still see the logout
option present. Even if I start a new session from a private webpage.Any ideas what I may be doing wrong?
Thanks.
Matt Coons
Incident Responder and Threat Analyst
Information & Infrastructure Assurance (IIA)
University of Michigan734-764-4105 <(734)%20764-4105>
coonsm@umich.eduOn Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 3:03 PM, Matthew Coons coonsm@umich.edu wrote:
Thanks Alex and Matt, this is really helpful!
Matt Coons
Incident Responder and Threat Analyst
Information & Infrastructure Assurance (IIA)
University of Michigan734-764-4105 <(734)%20764-4105>
coonsm@umich.eduOn Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 2:48 PM, Matt Zagrabelny mzagrabe@d.umn.edu wrote:
https://docs.bestpractical.com/rt/4.4.1/writing_extensions.h
tml#Adding-and-Modifying-MenusOn Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 11:57 AM, Matthew Coons coonsm@umich.edu wrote:
Hello RT users,
I wanted to know if anybody had a working example or was already
hiding RT
menu options from logged in users?The first item I want to hide is the “Logout” button for all users.
We’re
using SSO so it’s not required to be present.The second item I would like to hide (for a specific user group) is
the RTIR
menu option.Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated,
Thank you!
Matt Coons
Alex Hall
Automatic Distributors, IT department
ahall@autodist.com
Is there anything besides restarting apache and clearing the Mason cache
that I need to do for my changes to take effect?
Perhaps. What did you exactly do besides those two steps? Feel free to
copy and paste what commandline commands you ran.
I found the callbacks that reference the “logout” button in the “Tabs” file
and I commented them out.
Ideally you should be using the callback, not commenting it out.
I restarted apache and cleared the mason cache, but I still see the logout
option present. Even if I start a new session from a private webpage.Any ideas what I may be doing wrong?
Customizing RT can have a bit of a learning curve, but once you
understand the details, it is rather flexible and powerful.
All that being said, if this is your first customization, it might
take a few iterations before things start clicking.
-m