[Zope] RE: What method do I use to check access?

[Jay, Dylan]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Spisak [mailto:webmaster@mtear.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 3:11 AM
> To: Jay Dylan; zope@zope.org
> Subject: RE: What method do I use to check access?
> 
> 
> Jay,
> 
> Try <!--#if "AUTHENTICATED_USER.has_role('foo')"-->.  There was an
> excellent posting in the archives about all the possibilities with the
> user object.  Also read the files in the AccessControl folder inside
> Zope/lib/python.  

the has_role method I already use and is not convienient as it means I have
to hard code the roles.
I've looked in AccessControl and only come across     
def allowed(self,parent,roles=None):
but was unsuccessful in getting it to do what I want.

I will look for that email in the archives.

 
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> Jason Spisak
> webmaster@mtear.com
>