Hi Mariano, Absolutly - I've been looking for an ACL solution similar to this. I've had issues with CakePHP's own ACL system, and feel I do need more levels of control. Please keep me informed on your work and I'd be happy to do some testing.
-- Tane Piper Personal: http://digitalspaghetti.me.uk Work: http://nohalfmeasures.com This email is: [ ] blogable [ x ] ask first [ ] private Mariano Iglesias wrote: > My fellow bakers, > > As I found myself in the need of having a highly customizable ACL system for > a CakePHP application I'm developing, I'm going ahead with something some > people asked in the past if it could be available. > > The issues with this application that prevented me from using CakePHP's > builtin ACL, which is very strong BTW, were among others: > > 1. I needed a fine grained set of permissions. > 2. I needed AROs to belong to more than one group. > 3. I needed collision handling. > > So I'm now working on a component that provides a wrapper for phpGACL (using > its latest version, 3.3.7), so that it hides the inner complexities of > phpGACL from CakePHP applications. > > I'm setting it up to use the 3D layer system (AROs, ACOs, and AXOs) to allow > greater flexibility (so I can do stuff like: this action can be accessed via > Web, but can't be accessed via RSS for this particular user, interesting > when using CakePHP 1.2 automatic content type management) > > I'm expecting to finish the component tomorrow. The component, as I said, > will be a programmatic wrapper. I'm also planning to build a plugin that'll > offer the manipulation of these permissions, but have yet not established > when I'll start with that. > > Anyway, I've just wanted to drop a note if anyone was looking for the same. > > -MI > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Remember, smart coders answer ten questions for every question they ask. > So be smart, be cool, and share your knowledge. > > BAKE ON! > > blog: http://www.MarianoIglesias.com.ar > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
