Hi ALJ! Why can not you add a model 'reports' (in your example) and add the required permissions? Also you can add custom permissions[1] to any other models of your app and use them.
[1]http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/auth/#id2 On Thu, 2010-02-18 at 04:29 -0800, ALJ wrote: > Hi Alexey, > > But how do you set a permission for a view? There's no underlying > model to which to add the custom meta permissions. > > ALJ > > On Feb 18, 12:48 pm, Alexey Kostyuk <akost...@kaluga.ru> wrote: > > On Thu, 2010-02-18 at 02:30 -0800, ALJ wrote: > > > First project and struggling a bit. > > > > > I have some views that I want to restrict access to, depending on user > > > type. How do I do that? > > > > > For example, I have a 'reports' view that I only want teachers to > > > see ... not students. I can't see how to create a custom permission > > > because there is no underlying model for the view. So do I need to > > > create a custom user model or would it be better to just use > > > profiles? > > > > > :-( > > > > You can use decorator @permission_required in your views. > > See link[1] for details. > > > > [1]http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/auth/#the-permission-requ.. > > > > -- > > Alexey Kostyuk <akost...@kaluga.ru> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
