[Zope] GUF and security

[Stuart 'Zen' Bishop]

On Sat, 26 Feb 2000, Lucas Vogel wrote:

> Could someone point me out to some good documentation to explain
> security in Zope for me? I am trying to set up the GUF through my
> database, but I find I am having a hard time figuring out proxy logins
> and the like and would like to read up and have a good understanding of
> the Zope model before I start outsourcing it to my db. 

Zope security is almost exactly like Unix security. A proxy role is
like making a program run set-uid or set-gid.

The only real difference is that your groups (Zope Roles) are not globally
visible - they can be seen only in the folder they were created and subfolders.

I can give a fuller explanation in about a week when things quieten down
here a bit :-/ Who let these students back from holiday?

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