Hmm.. I'm in your same situation. In your code: <% if can? :create, @user %> I believe that @user is nil, so when your Ability.rb try's to read :account_id, it returns nil, and it is never == user.account_id, thus your link is not displayed. I don't know if it's the correcto solution, but I'm adding new abilities.
In your case, you could use a create_user ability, and check it against the Account in question. So in Ability.rb: if user.role == "admin" can :create_user, Account do |acc| acc.id == user.account_id end And in your view: link_to "New user", .... if can? :create_user, account # you have to set the account variable somewhere. Note that you don't have to "create" the :create_user ability. You can just use it. FWIW, these are the only actions included by default in CanCan (no :write!) alias_action :index, :show, :to => :read alias_action :new, :to => :create alias_action :edit, :to => :update -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
