Thanks for the info.  That is a great solution.

On Jan 23, 5:02 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It is a component and thus only available to cotrollers.
>
> What I do is I set the authentication data I need in my views from the
> beforeFilter of AppController.
>
> if ( isset($this->Auth) )
> {
>     // do all the normal auth setups first. Then...
>     $this->set('auth', $this->Auth->user() );
>
> }
>
> Then I can check if the user is logged in or not. I can print his/her
> name in the top-section if I want. Things like that.
>
> You can do the same with Acl stuff.
>
> if ( isset($this->Acl) )
> {
>     $this->set('aclData', $this->Acl->someDataYouNeedOnEveryPage );
>
> }
>
> On Jan 23, 9:02 pm, Keith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to create a helper that checks the Acl and provides edit /
> > delete links appropriately on my index action.
>
> > I keep getting an error that Acl is an undefined property in the
> > helper.  Does the Acl object only exist inside the controller?
>
> > Anyone run into this issue and have a work around?  I am probably over
> > thinking this thing...
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