 readme menu per role module by wolfgang ziegler nuppla zitesnet modified for d6 by jrowny jrowng gmailcom on 1252008 hutch alexiswilke description this module allows you to restrict access of menu items per roles it depends on the drupal core menumodule just activate both modules and edit a menu item as usual there will be a new fieldset that allows you to restrict access by role installation unfortunately you need to patch the drupal file includes menuinc use the the patch provided with the module if you don t know how to patch you can just insert the three additional lines manually but remove the leading plus then copy the module s whole directory in your drupal modules directory and activate it installation up to drupal 69 you need to apply a patch to a menu file from drupal core this bug has now been fixed in the core 610 o patch drupal66menusubmitpatch same patch for 67 68 and 69 fix a problem with the menu add feature that does not otherwise give you the mlid and thus renders the submit function totally useless see http drupalorg node 326210 for more information it is smart to patch the menu file before installing the menu per role so it works immediately although you can patch at any time it just won t work 100 properly until then how to use it just activate the menu and the menuperrole modules and edit a menu item as usual at admin build menu there will be a fieldset that allows you to restrict access by role if you don t check any roles the default access permissions will be kept otherwise the module will additionally restrict access to the chosen user roles  