[Opensim-users] Why do I lose permission on my own prims?

[Fleep Tuque]

It's been a long time since I tested it, but I think if you leave the
permissions setting to false in the opensim.ini config file it IS optional.
 That is, changing the setting to false will essentially mean ignoring all
permissions - everything is full permissions for everyone.  We initially
set up our campus grid that way since it was all internal use and we needed
collaborative building rights for everyone and it worked fine for that
purpose.

To my knowledge this never applies to being able to edit scripts in a prim
owned by someone else, however.  For that you always need to take your own
copy.

- Chris/Fleep


Chris M. Collins (SL/OS: Fleep Tuque)
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On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Vanish <v at tgib.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> when on your own simulator, you can usually request admin status and
> change any object permissive again through the admin menu (accessed through
> "request admin status" in either the advanced or develop menus). As Wade
> said, the permission system isn't exactly the most amazing thing we have,
> and I wish it would be optional.
>
> Greetings
> V
>
>
>  Permissions on prims are surprisingly complex,  with many unhappy
>> surprises.
>> They are not well designed.
>>
>> You have probably run into the problem that permissions have a sort of
>> low-water mark on them, in that, in addition to what you expect, they
>> are also tracking the LOWEST privileges you have EVER had for that object.
>> At least in Second Life, once you have less than ALL privileges, you can
>> NEVER get them back again.
>>
>> Example:  If I create an object,  set it to TRANSFER,  NO MODIFY, NO
>> COPY, and give it to another avatar, and then the other avatar gives it
>> right back to me,   those are the HIGHEST privileges I can get back.
>> EVEN THOUGH I am listed as the CREATOR, and the current OWNER,   I no
>> longer have modify or copy rights.    I cannot EVER have modify or copy
>> rights again.  They are lost forever.
>>
>> Simple web page which agrees with that assessment: (See the paragraph
>> "Getting permissions back".)
>> http://community.secondlife.**com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/**
>> Object-permissions/ta-p/700129<http://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Object-permissions/ta-p/700129>
>>
>> It's actually MORE complex than that, and depends on WHAT kind of object
>> you are talking about ( a prim,
>> a notecard, a script, etc.)
>>
>> Here's a much more detailed description of the visible and almost-hidden
>> privileges on objects:
>> http://knol.google.com/k/**understanding-rights-**permissions-in-sl#<http://knol.google.com/k/understanding-rights-permissions-in-sl#>
>>
>> Sad, but true.   Apparently some or all of this legacy madness has been
>> carried over into OpenSim.
>>
>> Wade
>>
>>
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>> On 3/2/12 2:19 AM, Han Xu wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I created a prim in my SL Viewer and wrote script for the prim. Then I
>>> took copy and deleted the prim in the virtual world. However, later
>>> when I draged the prim from Inventory to the Virtual World, I found
>>> out that I lost permission on the prims. I was not able to view the
>>> script at all ;-(
>>>
>>> I don't remember what I did to the prim. Did I miss anything?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Han
>>>
>>>
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