Re: [Phpslash-devel] Permissions and Groups

[nathan r. h. <na...@ds...>]

Joe Stewart wrote:
> Please test the current cvs for functionality.
> 
> A system for managing user permissions and groups has been committed to 
> cvs for your comment.  It is not in any way optimized.  The goal at this 
> point was to have a permissions system that was compatible to the current 
> one based on phplib perms.
> 

Err. ok.  So it it based on the phplib stuff, or jsut compatible?  Not 
picking I like it, just curious.


> The one new thing is that root permissions are inclusive to all other 
> permissions now.
> 

Ok.


> The permissions check is much the same as before but instead of a integer 
> bit comparison, it uses php arrays.  
> 

Even better :)

> For phpslash use the Permissions and Groups are contained in the db 
> instead of in config.php3.   These are managed via the "Group" link to 
> groupAdmin.php3.  This screen should probably be collapsed at first view 
> but it's a start.
> 
> None of the functions have been changed to support the more granular 
> permissions in the database.
> 

Ok.. er.. do they work and jsut aren't implemented, or are e looking at 
a skeleton system?


> Anyway please test and comment if you think this is the direction we need 
> to go.
> 


They look friggin' great.  Need to read the doc info and jsut poke 
around at them but that seesm certiany in the right directions

Just becasue I'm dense, is it really true that you can create a group, 
give that group specific permissions and limit those group permissions 
only to specfic sections as well?  If so that friggin'cool.

But under "Edit Group" there's a select box labeled "group" that I don't 
understand.  if I edit the Story group, it's not listed in that 
checkbox, but if I want to make a new group, it's there.  Does that mean 
you can add permissions to different groups en-masse?

Anyway, looks really great, the enhanched perms and the groups together 
just look fantastic!  Thank You!

-n
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