On Jul 1, 2013, at 6:22 PM, Phil wrote: > Rails 3.2.11 > Ruby 2 > > > Hi, > > I am building my first rails app and decided to use Devise(2.2.4) and > Cancan(1.6.10) for auth and role management. The auth part works nicely but I > haven't been able to get cancan working correctly. I have one role > setup(admin). But when I try view the users index page it redirects me to the > homepage even though I'm an admin. ANy advice on where I may be going wrong > is most welcomed. > > Here is my code: > > # app/models/ability.rb > class Ability > > include CanCan::Ability > > def initialize(user) > user ||= User.new # guest user (not logged in) > if user.role? :admin > can :manage, :all > else > can :read, :all > end > end > end > > > > # app/controllers/users_controller.rb > class UsersController < ApplicationController > > load_and_authorize_resource > before_filter :authenticate_user! > > def index > @users = User.all > authorize! :manage, @users > > respond_to do |format| > format.html > format.json { render :json => @users } > end > end > end > > > > # app/controllers/application_controller.rb > class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base > > protect_from_forgery > > def after_sign_in_path_for(resource) > root_url > end > > rescue_from CanCan::AccessDenied do |exception| > redirect_to root_url, :alert => exception.message > end > > def current_ability > @current_ability ||= Ability.new(current_user) > end
This may be the problem. I have never once defined the current_ability method, just relied on CanCan to provide it. See what happens if you comment this out and restart your server. Walter > > #load the permissions for the current user so that UI can be manipulated > def load_permissions > @current_permissions = current_user.role.permissions.collect{|i| > [i.subject_class, i.action]} > end > > end > > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/98f2df7c-55e4-44d6-a352-47e9dff19a78%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/D9462192-1304-42D0-85E5-3253FEC20FF7%40wdstudio.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.