I was authorized as an Alfresco server admin, but I don't have the root privilege of the server. I am building a custom data list for my group. I was able to build the custom model and deployed "dynamically" by uploading the xml file into the site repository. Now I want to customize the appearance of the data item creating and editing forms. The guide asks me to change share-config-custom.xml and model_lang.properties files in the installation, which requires root privilege. Is there the alternative way to configure the UI only through the web with site admin role?
You can not change the ui for particilar field(in your case it is datalist field) without making changes inside the installation.