How do I remove the Devise route to sign up?

Question

I\'m using Devise in a Rails 3 app, but in this case, a user must be created by an existing user, who determines what permissions he/she will have.

Because of this, I

Answer 1

By changing the routes there are a whole bunch of other problems that come with that. The easiest method I have found is to do the following.

ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
  before_action :dont_allow_user_self_registration

  private

  def dont_allow_user_self_registration
    if ['devise/registrations','devise_invitable/registrations'].include?(params[:controller]) && ['new','create'].include?(params[:action])
      redirect_to root_path
    end
  end
end