[Rt-devel] PATCH Inherit CF rights from object. Comments sought.

[Rolf Grossmann]

Todd Chapman wrote:

>We have losts of custom fields. I got tired of setting and
>updating rights on these CFs, especially when the rights were
>always the same as the ticket (or asset).
>
>I came up with the following patch which allow you to set
>a CF to inherit See/Show and Modify from the object it
>is a CF of.
>
>Looking for comments, such as:
>
>1 This is a good idea and implementation.
>2 This is a good idea but rotten implementation.
>3 This is a stupid idea, what we need is a better way to
>  modify the rights on a bunch of CFs in bulk.
>
>I myself am leaning toward 3, but I implemented 1 just for fun.
>  
>
So what's wrong with simply giving your users the (global) 
SeeCustomField right?
If they can't see the ticket (or asset) they should not be able to see 
the fields. What am I missing?

Rolf