[Zope-dev] Help on Zope security needed ...

Dieter Maurer dieter@handshake.de
Fri, 3 Aug 2001 20:48:43 +0200 (CEST)


Hello Joachim,
Joachim Werner writes:
 > >   Zope security had been strengthened to explicitly forbid access
 > >   to objects outside the folder covered by the authenticating
 > >   user folder.
 > 
 > That's good in terms of security. But also extremely limiting. My idea was
 > that I'd be able to say
 > 
 > "All editors can edit stuff" and protect the corresponding methods with the
 > "Edit stuff" permission.
 > Then I'd assign the "Editor" role on a local basis, either using local roles
 > or our Slave User Folder.
The "local role" approach should work, the "slave user folder" not.


Dieter