[Zope] Problems with manage_clone

[R. David Murray]

On Tue, 4 Apr 2000 a.wacknitz@francotyp.com wrote:
> manage_clone() is only allowed to managers. How can I authorize a user
> without "AUTHENTICATED_USER.has_role('Manager')" to use this method? I

You want to give your method that calls manage_clone a "proxy" role
of manager. 

> haven't found an appropriate ceckbox on the security pages.

Check out the "Proxy" tab instead.

> Second, how can I parameterize the location where the clones will be added?
> For the moment my solution is to copy the document that calls the
> manage_clone() method to the destination folder for the clones...

I think you need some dtml-with magic here, but I haven't done this
myself yet so I'll leave it for someone else to answer.

--RDM