17 Feb
1999
17 Feb
'99
11:24 p.m.
Can someone give a 1-para description of proxy roles?
Your guess is correct. Often access to some content is contingent on registering, logging in, viewing a prerequisite page, etc.. A good example is using proxy roles to restrict access to downloadable files (e.g., software) to those that have "logged in" or registered on a previous page. Alternatively, you'd have to do a LOT of work managing the security on the target object (e.g., the .tgz file) through DTML scripting.
Ok, more information needed: do the proxy roles augment or replace the roles that the user currently has? Thanks, Anthony (slowing getting to grips with Zope security - guess I should write down some stuff about what I've found for the list :)