current_user method is not accessible

Question

hi..

i am using declarative_authorization... when i try to access current_user, it gives me the error undefined local variable or method `current_user'... can anyone help me out..?

thnx...

Answer 1

current_user is a method that has to be provided for declarative authorization, not something it provides.

From the read me:

Requirement:

An authentication mechanism

• User object in Controller#current_user
• (For model security) Setting Authorization.current_user

There is also a section in that read me also about providing the requirements using restful authentication to provide the current_user functionality.