The ewok user model

ewok implements a simple user model with the following permissions (or privileges - the terms are used interchangeably here):

• view: allows viewing of content and read-only file manager access
• edit: allows view, plus editing of file content and of metadata
• publish: allows edit, plus publishing of content
• permissions: allows publish, plus granting of permissions
• templates: allows editing of templates
• admin: superuser access

Note that ewok permissions are set at the directory level, not on individual files (just like Apache).

The first four privileges (view, edit, publish, and permissions) are hierarchical and are the typical user-level privileges. This User Guide covers the ewok functionality specific to these first four user-level privileges. For functionality specific to the 'templates' and 'admin' privileges please see the ewok Admin Guide.