Restrict user access to specific com_content category

Question

I want to restrict user access to only one specific category for content component. I have an idea to create new user group, give access to this group to edit this one category and then assign user to this group. Is there any another solution than creating group?

Answer 1

There are 2 possible ways, I answer both ways each in separated answer. This answer uses the exclude category variant. You have to create a new user group, set this user group as child of the “Manager” user group. Then you change the permission of each category to deny the access for this user group.

Here is a Step by Step tutorial (Joomla 2.5 because question is tagged with this version, it will work the same way in Joomla 3+):

1. Create the user group with “Manager” as parent

2. Create the user and add it to the new user group

3. Change the permission of all categories (All child categories will have the same permissions, so maybe you wrap all categories in one and forbid the access there)

4. Create a category and allow the access to this group

5. Login with the new user and check the content component

6. Create a article

Answer 2

There are 2 possible ways, I answer both ways each in separated answer. This answer creates a complete new user group. You have to create a new user group, set this user group as child of the “Public” user group. Add the group to the “special” access level and allow the group to access the backend and the com_content. Then you change the permission of each category to allow the access for this user group.

Here is a Step by Step tutorial (Joomla 2.5 because question is tagged with this version, it will work the same way in Joomla 3+):

1. Create the user group with “Public” as parent

2. Add the user group to access level “Special”

3. Create the user and add it to the new user group

4. Add the administrator access permission to the user group

5. Add the permissions for the content component

6. Create a category and set the permissions for this category

7. Login with the new User and check the content component

8. Create a article