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cakePHP : how ACL allow action in plugin ?

I have plugin plugin: tree -----controller: tree -------------action : admin_index DB Table aros_acos has updated _CRUD 1 1 1 1 for this aco. I code $this->Acl->check(array('model'=>'User','foreign_key'=>2),'Tree/Tree/admin_index'); error: DbAcl::check() - Failed ARO/ACO node lookup in permissions check. Node references: Aro...

.Net and Security

I'm looking over my security model and is wondering how you handle security (access control) in your projects? I'm not interested in simple winapps or webapps, but in n-tier applications. How do you control access? Do you do it in each tier, or only in the User/Service frontends? Are you using a homebrewed solution or are there any sta...

When should I use ACL in my application

I am pretty much confused as to when should I implement an ACL (access control list) system in my application though I can easily manage permission on groups simply by fetching the session group id and restricting access using the Auth component. How is an ACL solution better then the approach I discussed above (restricting the group a...

CakePHP ACL Individual Object Access Control

I'm working on a project that requires one user to have many, say, posts. But, each user can only access his or her own posts. How can I accomplish this type of behavior with CakePHP's ACL component? Currently, it seems that Cake's ACL is focused on actions and controllers rather than objects. Any ideas (even switching to a different f...

Forking Joomla! 1.5

Hello, We have planned to fork Joomla! 1.5 with the name STRELIN. As Joomla is moving to 1.6, we would like to add new features without breaking the compatibility, with the new name Strelin. Of course that will be free and GPL. A simpler, better ACL (we are trying to make it simpler than Joomla 1.6 ACL) is the first one. Can there be a...

Adding write access for low integrity processes under .Net

I'm creating an FileSecurity for file creation that should have an write access also for low integrity processes. FileSecurity fileAcl = new FileSecurity(); // add everyone IdentityReference sid = new SecurityIdentifier(WellKnownSidType.WorldSid, null); FileSystemAccessRule rule = new FileSystemAccessRule(sid, FileSystemRights.FullCont...

Mercurial Acl Extension deny pull of some files

I'm new mercurial user. I setup the acl extension adding this into my hgrc file: [hooks] pretxnchangegroup.acl = python:hgext.acl.hook [acl] sources = serve pull push [acl.deny] ** = mercurial So with this code above I deny access to all files to user "mercurial". I successfully tested the acl extension and it works perfectly when I...

Modifying view based on ACL in CakePHP

I want to be able to show or hide certain elements in a view based on ACL. For instance, if a user is looking at my Users/index view, I don't want to show a 'Delete User' element if he doesn't have permission to delete users. If he does have permission to edit users, I do want to show a 'Edit User' link. I can hack this together, but be...

Building a generic OO ACL using Doctrine...

I'm looking to design a doctrine-backed ACL system for my own use, although I'm struggling with some of the initial design considerations. Right now I'm looking at making it based on classes and unique identifiers, storing them in a table as such: Table: ACL ResourceClass ResourceKey RoleClass RoleKey Permission O...

Windows 7 Service differences between local system and local service

Hi, I have a rather complicated toolchain so prepare for a lengthy post until getting to the problem: I managed to get PDFCreator and a virtual PDF creating printer under Windows 7 running in server mode as a service. Next step in the process is PDFCreator calling a VBScript after the PDF is created. The script uploads the PDF to our s...

Write to directory without needing 777 permissions

Is this possible with php? ...

Auth in CakePhp using 2 tables

I would like to know how to make a login in CakePhp when my data comes from 2 tables. Due to the specifications in the application the data in the table is divided like this: users: details: id id idDetail username group_id pas...

CakePhp ACL permissions

Checking my application, I saw that every user can access to all the actions in it. I'm using cakePhp build-in ACL Component... Checking permissions through terminal displays correctly is the user is allowed or not to call a certain action. But once I'm checking the application on the browser all users have access to every action. Any cl...

Cake's ACL component and the concept of "ownership"

Hello, I have been futzing around with Cake's Auth/ACL components. I've read the docs and I've done the tutorial, but I am still not satisfied with what I can actually accomplish with it. I've seen a couple of other approaches, but I can't say as I really have a straight winner with either. In any tutorial/blog post/doc I read, the u...

Zend Framework: preDispatch ACL plugin causes requests to non existent page to Access Denied instead of 404

i have setup a preDispatch plugin for my ACL. i have used the controller as resource, action as privilege. when i try to goto a non existent page, i get to the access denied page instead of 404, i think because the resource and privilege are queried and since they are not found, it goes to the access denied page... how can i fix this? ...

ACL implementation

Hello, First question Please, could you explain me how simpliest ACL could be implemented in MVC. Here is the first approach of using Acl in Controller... <?php class MyController extends Controller { public function myMethod() { //It is just abstract code $acl = new Acl(); $acl->setController('MyController'); ...

Role management user interface in cakePHP

hello folks, Is there any easy way to create a user interface to role management section(allow or deny permissions) for admin in cakePHP? easy way means any inbuid helper or something? ...

Common permission for groups in Acl-cakePHP

hello friends, I am using Acl in new web app. in my app there are four groups of users. I have given $this->Auth->authorize = 'actions' so that it will check the permission for actions automatically. my problem is some of the actions such as change Password,edit profile,etc... are common to all users. But now i need to create each rec...

Apache Admin Panel for Auth Control?

I'm in the process of launching a client tool that stores information on an apache server. I want to be able to control access to the files after they've been created. The basic Apache Auth module seems to meet my requirements, my only concern is that the permissions must be maintained by a non-technical user. Does anyone have a recomme...

How do I inject access control into a service layer of mvc application?

I'm coding a zend framework application using the the standard mvc paradigm with an added service layer to take care of application/business logic. It seems quite popular to put your access control into your services, rather than your modules/controllers/actions, however, I have only seen simple examples with static roles and permissions...