Hello, I don’t know if this is a problem encountered by most, but I noticed that most of the roles can see and change important journal’s settings, like pages descriptions, plugins, appearence, etc. The main problem here is that, as a publisher, we want to give access to the backend to the Journal…

Hi @Lara_M , Typically setting changes are limited only to those with the Journal Manager and/or Site Admin roles. Those with assigned roles of Editor and Section Editor, for example, shouldn’t have access to any setting changes - are you seeing otherwise in your instance (if so, please indicate wha…

Hi @Lara_M , If you impersonate an account with just the Editor role do you still see the settings too? -Roger PKP Team

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Hi @rcgillis , I come back to this issue to know if there is anything I can do or something I am doing wrong, or is it an actual issue? Thanks!

Hi @Lara_M , Sorry - I’m not entirely sure what is the issue here. Others may wish to weigh in. -Roger PKP Team

Maybe is it better if I open an issue in github?

Hi @Lara_M / @rcgillis , The “Journal manager” and “Journal editor” entries under “User Roles” are allowed to access journal settings. This is by design; there is a back and forth on this thread that you might find useful: [image] Journal manager and Journal Editor Software Support …

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Lara_M August 25, 2022, 7:27am 4

Hi @rcgillis,

my version is 3.3.0.11. As you can see in screenshots, I have an account with Journal manager and Journal Editor, if I impersonate it, I still can see the Settings etc.

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