In the standard installation it is not possible for normal users (editors) to access the moduls below "tools". (This section was thought for admins only.)

But by now there are a lot of useful tools, which are also relevant for editors. For example "cc_awstats". The question ist:

How to make them accessable for normal editors?

This article suggests some solutions.

1: Change rights for the backend modul:

To use the modul cc_awstats for normal users you have to do some changes:

1. Set right for the modul in cc_awstats/mod1/conf.php:

   $MCONF["access"]="user,group";

   Now you can select this modul in backend-usergroups!
2. Change the rights-check in the modul itself:
   change cc_awstats/mod1/index.php round line 90
   from
   

   if (($this->id && $access) || ($BE_USER->user["admin"] && !$this->id) ) {

   to:
   
   

   if (($this->id && $access) || ($BE_USER->user["admin"] && !$this->id) || 
    ($BE_USER->user["uid"] && !$this->id)) {

2: Make the modul available  for normal users:

The next problem is that users aren't allowed to view the main-modul "Tools". For this there are diffent solutions:

1. Provide the link to the modul in another way: (for example in a specifiy backendmodul for this website?)
   

   <sitenurl>/typo3conf/ext/cc_awstats/mod1/index.php
   
   

2. Make the main-modul "tools" accessable for normal users:

   For that you have to change the file

   .../typo3/mod/tools/conf.php

   The access for users should be allowed, so change the line to:

   $MCONF['access']='user,group';

   After this change you can also select this modul "tools" in backend-usergroups!

   
   There is no other way to change this rights in TYPO3 3.8 :-(
   

   
   
   
3. Rearrange the modul "cc_awstats". For example make it a submodul of the main-modul "web":
   
   Change the line in cc_awstats/ext_tables.php to:
   

   t3lib_extMgm::addModule('web','txccawstatsM1','',t3lib_extMgm::extPath($_EXTKEY).'mod1/');

   Rename the modul in cc_awstats/mod1/conf.php :
   

   $MCONF["name"]="web_txccawstatsM1";