[ZPT] permissions getting to python modules?

[Evan Simpson]

From: "Chris Curvey" <ccurvey@bellatlantic.net>
> Found it.  In order to access module besides string, math and random
from
> ZPT, you need to tell Zope that it's OK to run it.
[snip]
> I'm uncomfortable changing the __init__.py script for someone else's
> product.  Is there a way around this?

In this particular case, you probably should be using the Zope
'DateTime' class instead of the Python 'time' module.  It has a lot of
date and time formatting options, and is available in Page Templates
either through the path "modules/DateTime/DateTime" or directly in
Python expressions as "DateTime", for example:
"python:DateTime().Date()".

In general, when you want to expose modules to restricted code, you're
best off creating your own Product (just a subdirectory of the Products
directory with an __init__.py) called something like "myModuleSecurity"
and placing the security calls in that.

Cheers,

Evan @ Zope