Disable user profile edit?

Question

How do I stop registered users from changing their details like their username etc (via edit profile) in the frontend?

I can't see where this is set in permissions? I have set "Frontend User Parameters" to Hide, but nothing else lets me disable this feature that I can see.. — theoth, Apr 03 '12 at 21:43
I've just checked and all of the permissions for the group is set to "Not Allowed" — theoth, Apr 03 '12 at 21:50
Maybe creating a menu item for that page and then restricting access to it. — Shaz, Apr 03 '12 at 23:06

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 23 '13 at 07:16

2

open components\com_users\models\forms\profile.xml and then edit:

<field name="password1" type="password"
  readonly="true"
/>

edited Feb 23 '13 at 07:16

Andrew Barber

answered Feb 23 '13 at 07:00

bhavesh Khatri

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 03 '12 at 21:30

1

You can at the 'disabled attribute to the input fields u don't want to be changed. Most of the users won't fiddle around with you page's source code.

<input type="text" disabled="disabled" />

answered Apr 03 '12 at 21:30

michaeltintiuc

Thanks for your reply. I would however like to disable it and not hide it, if possible though :). – theoth Apr 03 '12 at 21:49
This will not hide it, it will disable it, thus not letting the user to change the value of the input field – michaeltintiuc Apr 03 '12 at 22:12
depends on the component u're using. This should help you to understand how to override joomla components without the need of 'hacking' the core files: http://docs.joomla.org/Understanding_Output_Overrides – michaeltintiuc Apr 05 '12 at 19:20
Thanks, I'm quite familiar with overrides already, but setting the fields as disabled still loads the page. The best way I have found would be to to a manual redirect to a desired page. – theoth Apr 12 '12 at 22:04

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