[Zope-dev] PAU question - how to I handle roles on principals

[Christophe Combelles]

kevin gill a écrit :
> I have created a simple authenticator plug-in. It allows me to load my
> users from my database. The plug-in only allows me to control the name of
> a principal and validate their user name / password.
> 
> I need to tell Zope which roles different users have. I have the roles
> stored on the database.
> 
> How do I develop/install a plug-in/adapter which will will be invoked for
> the getRolesForPrincipal() method or be invoked as the
> IPrincipalRoleManager adapter?
> 
> My authenticator just is setup to produce a
> zope.app.authentication.principalfolder.Principal for the Principal
> Object.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Kevin

Hi,

I suppose you have to use a PrincipalAnnotations utility, which can store 
anything about principals which are not in the zodb (metadata, roles, etc.).
(look at zope.app.principalannotations)

Christophe