[Zope] has_permission

Florian Mueller floyd@va.com.au
Thu, 05 Aug 1999 18:55:35 +0200


Hi Brian and everybody else!


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

This isn't working. Any more suggestions, PLEASE!!!!

Thank you,
Floyd



Brian Lloyd wrote:

> > 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
> Software Engineer  540.371.6909
> Digital Creations  http://www.digicool.com

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