Re: [Phpwebsite-developers] User Permissions

[Adam M. <ad...@tu...>]

I like this idea but I'm thinking we should tie up some loose ends in
other modules before you dive into this.  That's just me though...and you
know me :)

Adam

> Many of you may know that currently you need to create a table to store
> your users sub permissions.
>
> I am thinking it might be a good idea to recode this.
>
> Users currently has a special table for module rights.
> Look under Setting Module Settings (ick, bad title now that I look at
> it).
>
> http://res1.stddev.appstate.edu/horde/chora/co.php/phpws_core/mod/users/docs/devdoc.txt?r=1.3
>
> Anyway, I think I could use this table to store the module rights. You
> would still need to create your module rights file to tell users what
> rights you will hook into. When a user's permissions are modified, Users
> would grab this file and show the sub permissions like it always does.
> Any permission would be stored in that table and would be loaded with
> the user.
>
> This would eliminate module's having to keep track of users and it would
> prevent the module table from having to store this data.
>
> The downside? I would have to code it meaning some down time. I am not
> sure how long it would take to convert.
>
> Let me know if you think this is the direction we should go.
>
> Matt
>
>
> Matthew McNaney
> Internet Systems Architect
> Electronic Student Services
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>
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Adam Morton
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