[Zope] Security and containment (was Re: [Zope] Acquisition? Did I just lose my Zen?) Zen?)
Ross J. Reedstrom
reedstrm@wallace.ece.rice.edu
Tue, 21 Sep 1999 12:25:24 -0500
On Tue, Sep 21, 1999 at 12:30:59PM +0000, Jim Fulton wrote:
>
> This is a function of the Zope security model.
> A user is not allowed to access a protected resource
> outside of the containment hierarchy where there user
> is defined.
>
> > Does this mean that acquisition does not (always) work between objects that
> > are on a same level
>
> This is a feature of the security model, no acquisition.
>
So, from the security model's point of view, sibling folder aquisition is not
the True aquisition? ;-)
This doesn't answer Martijn's question, though, about overriding the root
standard_header and standard_footer, overcoming the order-of-aquisition
problem. Any clever ideas out there?
Ross
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Ross J. Reedstrom, Ph.D., <reedstrm@rice.edu>
NSBRI Research Scientist/Programmer
Computer and Information Technology Institute
Rice University, 6100 S. Main St., Houston, TX 77005