[Typo3-dev] Switch beuser to admin temporarily

[Keith Morrison]

Hi All,

I could swear I saw a file in the core where an action was performed by 
changing the status of a beuser to an admin for a block of code, and 
then reverting back to the beuser's normal status.  I'd like to find 
that example so that I could use it for a problem I have.  Or, if anyone 
has a suggestion for solving the problem (explained below), I'd like to 
hear that as well.

The problem: I have a folder in the pagetree that is being used as a 
storage point for things like news and calendar items.  With a workflow 
module that we built, a user creates and edits their items that live in 
that storage point.  Naturally, beusers need read/right access to the 
folder, but because they all also have access to the "Page" module, they 
can see and _edit_ all the news/calendar items in the folder (when you 
click on the folder in page mode, you can see all the records, and the 
system doesn't care who created what, so you can edit whatever you 
like).  I can't remove the "Page" module because they use it for 
publishing, and I can't change the permissions so that they don't see 
the items in "Page" mode, because then they can't create/edit new items 
in the folder.  So I think you can see where I'm going: I want to be 
able to insert a line of code or two that gives them permission to read, 
write, or create a record as an admin or even just a permissioned user 
that no one has access to, so that I can work around this problem.

Thanks for your help,
Keith