[Zope] "Access contents information" and SQL Methods; bug?

[Alexander Staubo]

I added the line in lib/python/Shared/DC/ZRDB/DA.py, line 435, as
instructed -- with no change in behaviour.

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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Brian Lloyd [mailto:Brian@digicool.com]
>Sent: 26. juli 1999 15:24
>To: 'Alexander Staubo'; Zope Mailing List (E-mail)
>Subject: RE: [Zope] "Access contents information" and SQL Methods; bug?
>
>
>> I have an interesting problem with a part of a site that needs to be
>> limited to privileged editors. Let's call this role "Editor". The
>> problem is, unless I give the "Access contents information" 
>permission
>> to the "Anonymous" role, SQL Method calls are not permitted, 
>even if I
>> give _all_ permissions to the "Editor" role.
>> 
>> It's that curious? <!--#var AUTHENTICATED_USER--> equals to my editor
>> user (defined in folder somewhere above the restricted folder), and
>> <!--#var "AUTHENTICATED_USER.getRoles()"--> gives me ['Editor']. Btw,
>> I've disabled acquisiton of permissions on the restricted folder.
>> 
>> Unless I give "Access contents information" to "Anonymous", the
>> following traceback is emitted when authentication fails:
>> 
>> For now, I'll enable "Access contents information" for the 
>"Anonymous"
>> role, but in the long run I feel this is a bad solution.
>> 
>> -- 
>> Alexander Staubo
>
>I think that this is a bug in permission registration. I've
>added a fix that seems to do the trick in my test area - can 
>you try the following and let me know if this takes care of your
>problem?:
>
>In the file lib/python/Shared/DC/ZRDB/DA.py, add the line:
>
>Globals.default__class_init__(DA)
>
>...right after the definition of the DA class, and do a 
>restart. This should make sure that the permissions are
>registered correctly.
>
>
>
>
>
>Brian Lloyd        brian@digicool.com
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