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Drupal CMS - Creating sub-administrators that can view or edit a restricted set of users

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I had the need to create a couple of sub-administrator roles on a Drupal web site.  These sub-administrators needed to be able to view and/or edit a restricted set of users (for example, for customer support purposes). However, these sub-admins could not have 'administrator' privileges at all beyond the limited access to some users. They also needed to be able to search for users (only users they were permitted to view). I developed a Drupal extension (i.e. module) to implement this.  Thinking the implementation methods might be useful to others, I created this blog (I'll look into submitting it to the Drupal.org module repository at some point in the future if I get the time) . Disclaimer:   This blog contains software (code), and instructions.  All information is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.  In no event shal