I am the admin user on my Matrix system. But I also want to be a part of a user group that I set up, because I want to be able to approve the workflow. How can I be an admin, and be able to approve content for a group, since it has to be on of the group users? Can't find where to add me to both.
The way we set it up here is to have the usual "content approval" group of users listed under the user section and each individual admin was added seperately. You can add the administrators individually, just not under a nice group section. At least thats what I can tell. For your situation, set the workflow rule for "at least 1 condition must be met" as to avoid having to have both you and the group approve it (if thats what you wanted).
It isn't a problem to do it this way for us since there are very few actual system administrators and that might not fit your style. Hope this helps!
But how can I be an admin and be a part of the group? I thought that I cannot move the admin user from the System Administrators folder. Could you explain how you did this?
[quote]I thought that I cannot move the admin user from the System Administrators folder.
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Correct, it does not appear to be moveable. However, for that one situation of approving a workflow, the other method I mentioned above should work.
Another way you can try, is to create a link of your System admin userid in the group below. Instead of cloning it or moving it, create a link in the user group folder that you want. I haven’t tried that, but it seems like a good bet that would work and still leave you as a system administrator.
I got it working using the "link here" method, thanks!
The original "root" user cannot be moved from the System Administrators group (but can be linked, as you discovered). However, you should not use this account for day-to-day operations as it is designed to bypass permissions.
Rather, you should create another account for yourself that you use for day-to-day tasks, like adding content and approving workflow. That way, you can track these operations in the logs. When you need to make large or system-wide changes, then you log in as the root user.
Also, you can create additional "System Administrator" level users in the "System Administrators" folder. If you create a System Administrator at this location, they will bypass normal permission checking (like the root user does).