Content List vs Administer nodes New Drupal and playing with permissions. I can't figure out how to get a content list or something similar if the Administer Nodes permission has been disabled.

I'm trying to restrict a user role, strip down the admin menu, e.g. remove 'Post Settings' under content management. 

I have a feeling I'm doing this wrong, so my question is: Can I create a user menu, same as the admin menu without certain links and how?
You could use views to create a list of all the nodes on the site and make sure the role has access to see it. This is by far the simplest and quickest way of implementing such a feature.

A more complex way would be to alter the menu link and change it's access control but I wouldn't recommend doing this.