[Zope-dev] Re: User Groups

[Kyler@Lairds.com]

On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 13:43:45 -0500 (EST):
>I've found that it would be very useful to be able to define groups of
>users and then grant a local role to that group rather than individual
>users.

A role is essentially a group.  Granting a local
grouping (role) to a group doesn't make any sense to
me.

>For example we have multiple groups working together on our Zope
>installation and there are certian objects my group may want to share with
>another group. We can grant all the members of that group permission,
>however if they hire someone new they have to notify the maintainers of
>every object their group has access to.
>
>Are there plans for anything to solve this problem?

Make two roles.  Assign those roles the permissions
you want them to have.  Assign people in your groups
to have the roles.

Am I missing some strange requirement?

--kyler