[Zope] has_permission

[Brian Lloyd]

> Hi everybody!
> 
> I still cannot make has_permission to work.
> What I want to do is check whether a file X has permission Y.
> 
> In this example, I want to see if the file X, containing this code,
> is viewable by the user. What I have been told I should do (thanks!)
> is using AUTHENTICATED_USER.has_permission, but I
> don't know what arguments I should pass. One is the permission,
> e.g. 'View', and the other one should be the file I guess, but how?
> None of my guesses work.
> Let's say the file is called 'test', why can't I do:
> 
> <!--#if "AUTHENTICATED_USER.has_permission('View', test)"-->
> nor
> <!--#if "AUTHENTICATED_USER.has_permission('View', self)"-->
> ????????
> 
> Any help would be highly appreciated.
> 
> Floyd

Assuming that this code is actually _in_ the 'test' document,
you should be able to use:

<!--#if "AUTHENTICATED_USER.has_permission('View', this())"-->

Brian Lloyd        brian@digicool.com
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