Display which role is the Administrator role on the user edit page

Created on 23 July 2022, over 2 years ago
Updated 5 January 2024, about 1 year ago

Problem/Motivation

The following issue is based on ✨ Display which role is the 'Administrator role' on /admin/people/roles Active which suggested to indicate the Administrator role on /admin/people/roles. When we (@rocketeerbkw and me - please add him to the issue credits) investigated to further improve πŸ“Œ Prevent accidental lockouts on the Role settings page and clarify the corresponding description for its select box Active and we've agreed indicating/labelling the Administrator role/s on /admin/people/roles is the right choice. But there is one place that pattern is even more important. The user edit page currently has no indication which role is an administration role neither.

From a security and user administration perspective it should be clear and transparent which role/s is the administrator role out of the list of available roles. For example the active administration role in the screenshot is the Content editor role.

Steps to reproduce

- Go to a user edit page, for example user/1/edit
- Try to figure out which role or roles is/are the administration role/s

More difficult variant:
- Go to admin/people/role-settings and change.from Administrator to Content Editor
- Go to a user edit page, for example user/1/edit
- Try to figure out which role or roles is/are the administration role/s

Proposed resolution

  • Add a label that signifies which is the administrator role.
  • Add a word of caution like on the permissions page. For example: Warning: Give to trusted users only; this role has significant security implications.
✨ Feature request
Status

Active

Version

11.0 πŸ”₯

Component
User systemΒ  β†’

Last updated 1 day ago

Created by

πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺGermany rkoller NΓΌrnberg, Germany

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