Forum OpenACS Development: Response to Permissions UI Issues

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Posted by David Walker on
I'll need a better example because right now my thoughts tell me that "read" makes more sense than "foo_read".

  • parent_module
    • foo
      • bar
    • weather
    • news

In this example you could grant "read" permission on "parent_module" and instantly the indicated party has "read" permission on all shown modules.

Or you could grant "read" permission on "foo" and the indicated party has "read" permission on "foo" and "bar".

The alternative seems much more complex to me, requiring the granting and/or management of "parent_module_read", "foo_read", "bar_read", "weather_read", and "news_read" and effectively destroying the hierarchy of permissions.