Inside TYPO3

3.4.2. Roles

Another approach to setting up users is very popular - roles. This concept is basically about identifying certain roles that users can take and then allow for a very easy application of these roles to users.

TYPO3s access control is far more flexible and allows for so detailed configuration that it lies very far from the simple and straight forward concept of roles. This is necessary as the foundation if a system like TYPO3 should fit many possible usages.

However "roles" are possible to create! You simply have to see user-groups as representing roles! So what you do is to:

1. Identify the roles you need; Developer, Administrator, Editor, Super User, User, ... etc.

2. Configure a group for each role. This group so configure the access permissions for each role.

3. Consider having a general group which all other groups includes - this would basically configure a shared set of permissions for all users.

 

So "roles" are simply user groups defined to work as roles. However we might still spend some efforts to make some public recommendations for roles as a guideline for people (since the configuration of these roles will otherwise be a lot of work) and further the native access control options in the TYPO3 core might need some extending in order to accommodate all needed role configurations.