Getting rid of the config file and implementing an appSetting instead

src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/GlobalSettings.cs

@@ -395,6 +395,28 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Configuration
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets a value indicating whether the content dashboard should be available to all users.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>
+        ///     <c>true</c> if the dashboard is visible for all user groups; otherwise, <c>false</c>
+        ///     and the default access rules for that dashboard will be in use.
+        /// </value>
+        public bool AllowContentDashboardAccessToAllUsers
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    return bool.Parse(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings[Constants.AppSettings.AllowContentDashboardAccessToAllUsers]);
+                }
+                catch
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
 
         /// <summary>
         /// An int value representing the time in milliseconds to lock the database for a write operation

src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/IGlobalSettings.cs

@@ -57,6 +57,15 @@
         /// </summary>
         bool UseHttps { get; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets a value indicating whether the content dashboard should be available to all users.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>
+        ///     <c>true</c> if the dashboard is visible for all user groups; otherwise, <c>false</c>
+        ///     and the default access rules for that dashboard will be in use.
+        /// </value>
+        bool AllowContentDashboardAccessToAllUsers { get; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Returns a string value to determine if umbraco should skip version-checking.
         /// </summary>

src/Umbraco.Core/Constants-AppSettings.cs

@@ -110,6 +110,11 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core
             /// </summary>
             public const string UseHttps = "Umbraco.Core.UseHttps";
 
+            /// <summary>
+            /// A true/false value indicating whether the content dashboard should be visible for all user groups.
+            /// </summary>
+            public const string AllowContentDashboardAccessToAllUsers = "Umbraco.Core.AllowContentDashboardAccessToAllUsers";
+
             /// <summary>
             /// TODO: FILL ME IN
             /// </summary>

src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj

@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@
       <DesignTimeSharedInput>True</DesignTimeSharedInput>
       <DependentUpon>Settings.settings</DependentUpon>
     </Compile>
-    <Content Include="Config\content.dashboard.access.config.js" />
     <Content Include="Config\grid.editors.config.js" />
     <Content Include="Config\Lang\cs-CZ.user.xml" />
     <Content Include="Config\Lang\da-DK.user.xml" />

src/Umbraco.Web.UI/config/content.dashboard.access.config.js

@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-[
-    {
-        "Type": "grant",
-        "Value": "admin"
-    },
-    {
-        "Type": "grant",
-        "Value": "editor"
-    },
-    {
-        "Type": "grant",
-        "Value": "sensitiveData"
-    },
-    {
-        "Type": "grant",
-        "Value": "translator"
-    },
-    {
-        "Type": "grant",
-        "Value": "writer"
-    }
-]

src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.config

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
         <add key="Umbraco.Core.TimeOutInMinutes" value="20" />
         <add key="Umbraco.Core.DefaultUILanguage" value="en-US" />
         <add key="Umbraco.Core.UseHttps" value="false" />
+        <add key="Umbraco.Core.AllowContentDashboardAccessToAllUsers" value="true"/>
 
         <add key="ValidationSettings:UnobtrusiveValidationMode" value="None" />
         <add key="webpages:Enabled" value="false" />