[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #7960: Rosetta Sites and WordPress.org Sub-sites: Access Behavior of /wp-admin/about.php

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#7960: Rosetta Sites and WordPress.org Sub-sites: Access Behavior of /wp-
admin/about.php
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 Reporter:  kimjiwoon       |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)    |      Status:  new
 Priority:  low             |   Milestone:
Component:  Support Forums  |  Resolution:
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Comment (by dd32):

 Hi @kimjiwoon,

 This is a little hard to follow, due to the length of the ticket.

 I guess this ticket really can be summarised as:
 > `/wp-admin/about.php` is accessible to all logged in users.

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 However, there's a few things worth mentioning:
  - On WordPress.org we have an explicit redirect ''for user experience''
 that redirects the user away from wp-admin, but that doesn't apply in all
 cases because:
  - bbPress has a setting where all users are automatically granted a user
 role, which is probably why the user has access to wp-admin/, but
 capability checks would prevent access to all pages within (cc
 @johnjamesjacoby I think bbPress has a variant of this redirect too?)
  - Multisite has a `wp-admin/user/` dashboard which should be accessible
 to most logged in users, and I believe the about page is there too. (It's
 disabled on w.org)

 I've made some changes to that redirect, which should resolve this ticket
 I think.. If you could test that it now works as you'd expect.

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