[Zope] Zope and roles and hierarchy

[Kees de Brabander]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David" <bluepaul at earthlink.net>
To: "zope user list" <zope at zope.org>
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 4:44 AM
Subject: [Zope] Zope and roles and hierarchy


> Hello Zope,
>
> Is it true that even though a user Role like 'author' is defined at zope
> root that users defined lower in the hierarchy *also*  with role
> 'author' cannot access objects at root with role 'author' and
> permissions of view and access?
>
> The online zope book seems to say so.
>
> If so, couldn't we have some extra attribute to a role like "upwardly
> mobile"? (I want to share a code base for several folders sub-folders
> and I do not wanta to give it anonymous access).
>
I second that. This used to be possible, at least up to zope 2.7.3. Not any
more in 2.7.8.
The loss of this feature makes the acquisition concept obsolete to some
extent.
cb