[Zope] newbie user authentication question

Andy Sime andy@bigorangelovebus.net
Mon, 04 Nov 2002 09:13:06 +0000


Hi

I'm trying to get my head round the user authentication possibilities in 
Zope, and maybe I'm looking in the wrong place, but here's what I'm 
trying to achieve:

An intranet where users can view general information while 
unauthenticated, but where there is also a section which will deliver 
pages only accessible by the user themselves, after they pass through a 
login process. Now, I've looked through the Zope user authentication 
process, and maybe that's what I'm after, but in reading the users & 
security section of the manual it seems more related to their edit 
rights than their view rights. I just want to lock down personalised 
view access to selected material. Effectively, after passing through the 
login process, I want the intranet to display read-only information 
based around their userID, and for that information to be inaccessible 
to anyone else. Is this what the Zope security is for, or should I look 
at using other methods?

Stunning product though :-)

Thanks for any help

Andy