I’ve been waiting patiently for this as well, by now we can set some dashboards to be admin only though:
require_admin: true
Also works for dashboards that are ‘UI Controlled’ instead of ‘YAML file’ under Settings > Dashboards
Unfortunately the ones I’m aiming to shield from normal users, being Energy, Logbook, History & Map are not there.
For anyone who absolutely wants to restrict user access. For most non-tech users this should work without issues. For tech users they can circumvent your settings if they know how.
Login as the user. Then under the user profile do the following:
did you verify on a new device/private browser window? It will show default settings, not what you have set up on the device you took the screenshots on.
You are absolutely correct it only applies to the browser you are on. For device independent control of what others can see there is only one name in the game (it does more than it says on the tin):
Use HACS to install this integration.
This is really disappointing that we cannot hide logbook, history, map, energy… and on the other hand dashboards have visibility option where you can hide it from other users. I don’t understand what is so different in side menu and menu in header. It is very frustrating, it is not about security but more about privacy, why should I let someone see history of sensitive data and at the same time be limited to give them permission to turn the light on and off.
Kiosk-mode is a workaround solution to some extent but there are some issues with that approach, if you hide entire sidebar, how can user enter companion settings on Mobile device for example or notification?
I know this is a hobby project and people are focusing on other features but still I don’t see why this is so hard to implement as it is already partially there for dashboard pages.
Was going to give my Nanny access but with the “Media” tab she has access to ALL my cameras… yeah no thanks. This issue is so silly.
Yes, I am also looking for ways to give guests a restricted view, control lighting and similar, nothing more.
I currently do this with a second Home Assistant instance and remote HA (HACS), but this is extremely annoying to manage, updating twice, maintaining dashboards on both sides… ect.
A good way to restrict entities would be really necessary.
As anyone else i am looking for this functionality. Would be nice to be able to hide all unnecessary things for users who don’t need it. Hope this will be picked up soon.
Jumping on here to say i want this too
Bumping whole user restriction topic.
+1
plus one
+1 for me.
need to give access to the kids, but if they can unlock the TV or internet access this is pointless
Luj
Looking for a way to hide it too.
Good luck.
Adding my voice to this thread. I’ve been tearing my hair out to find ways to hack this, to no avail. This literally a showstopper from rolling out Home Assistant to everybody else in my household. Surely this would be easy for the devs to address??
Not Sure why everyone is overthinking this so much, This is possible, I mean I just found myself in the same situation but took only 10 minutes or less to find the way to do it, looking to find a simple easy way, that is how I ended in this tread lol.
To hide dashboards and stuff from the sidebar is quite easy, yes not as easy as one click easy, but pretty close as it takes only 2, just click on the user’s icon in the limited user’s device, so you can go to the user’s settings, it will enter into the General tab, there is a setting to “Change the Order and hide items from the sidebar”.
There you can hide them, but if you want to go even a little more restrictive, you can set dashboards like the maps to only be visible for Admins, that means the limited user must not be admin, or just edit the view from your admin account to disable the visibility for those limited users. not the dashboard, it’s in the “Edit view” that showes when you click on edit the Map dashboard.
Not trying to outsmart or offend anyone, if anyone has a question or need help, please let me know, I’d will be happy to help.
Just take into account that those changes will be done in the specific device in which you are applying them and they will get lost as soon as you log out. What is being discussed here is a centralised way of doing this for everyone instead of requesting the device of a user to perform the changes (something that those users can undone if they want).
Edit: By the way, just another quick way to the same is to click and hold the sidebar title.
lol you’re completely wrong… It’s just like saying "just cover it with your hand! you can’t see it ! it’s completely secure!’
So, you expect to have a strong metal bank safe-like door in a house with straw walls.
That person suggested a simple way of hiding stuff from a sidebar which could be sufficient in SOME cases. The thread’s name is literally about this matter.
Yes, and there is still no real solution.
These band-aid solutions are the worst, they give you a false sense of security while they accomplish nothing.
Some people do live in a straw house without a door, must be your case I’m guessing.