why not just get away from the bitwise permissions...? that is one of those
things that sounds really great, and then in the end
I'm not convinced delivers anything worth the effort (as opposed to a
textual-based permission codes like "AdminForumList, AdminAddForum" etc.
sure the math looks kewler, but i find it just as useful to be able to look
at a list of English permission words and say "hey is this permission in the
list?"
"Brooklyn, NY" versus "11222-4401". Yes, the second has more precise
information. But ask someone from Esland which one is easier to find on a
map, and I bet the first one generates a faster associative memory link.
as for your actual question: what happens if the User group has a
permission that Anon group already has? aren't you then adding it twice?
(see what I mean? I'd find it a hell of a lot easier to debug to just ask
"hey are these permissions in the list?")
----- Original Message -----
From: "Toby Tremayne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 1:02 AM
Subject: secure tag and permissions
This has got me stumped. I thought I'd grokked the bit permissions
system, but I must be wrong - this is my permissions file:
permissions = structNew();
permissions.admforumList = 1;
permissions.admaddForum = 2;
permissions.admeditForum = 4;
permissions.admsaveForum = 8;
permissions.admdeleteforum = 16;
permissions.forumList = 32;
permissions.threadlist = 64;
permissions.viewthread = 128;
permissions.addthread = 256;
permissions.editThread = 512;
permissions.saveThread = 1024;
permissions.deleteThread = 2048;
permissions.addMessage = 4096;
permissions.editMessage = 8192;
permissions.saveMessage = 16384;
permissions.deleteMessage = 32768;
permissions.anonGroup = permissions.forumList +
permissions.threadList + permissions.viewThread;
permissions.userGroup = permissions.addthread +
permissions.saveThread + permissions.addMessage + permissions.editMessage +
permissions.saveMessage + permissions.anonGroup;
permissions.adminGroup = permissions.admforumList +
permissions.admaddForum + permissions.admeditForum +
permissions.admsaveForum + permissions.admdeleteForum +
permissions.editThread + permissions.deleteThread +
permissions.deleteMessage + permissions.userGroup;
all well and good. But if I use the secure tag thus:
requiredPermission="#permissions.userGroup#"
userPermissions="#permissions.anonGroup#"
it returns true! how can that be? Could someone please draw me a
picture because I'm obviously not getting it...
Toby
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