[kforge-dev] Re: access control

Mon Jan 30 00:27:45 UTC 2006

Don't you hate it when you miss out a 'not':

"I would be very surprised if there were >not< a few things that needed 
some more attention. "

Sorry,

John.

John Bywater wrote:

> obviously that was: you >can< read about the system....
>
> ;-)
>
> J.
>
> John Bywater wrote:
>
>> Additionally (I forgot to say) you read all about the access control 
>> system here:
>>
>> Domain Layer:
>> - access control domain model object classes:
>> http://scm.kforge.net/svn/kforge/trunk/src/kforge/dom/accesscontrol.py
>>
>> - access control domain model event listener:
>> http://scm.kforge.net/svn/kforge/trunk/src/kforge/plugin/accesscontrol.py 
>>
>>
>> - access control domain model object initialisation (within 
>> createProtectionObjects() and createGrants()):
>> http://scm.kforge.net/svn/kforge/trunk/src/kforge/command/initialise.py
>>
>> Service Layer:
>> - commands to control access:
>> http://scm.kforge.net/svn/kforge/trunk/src/kforge/command/accesscontrol.py 
>>
>>
>> - system and project access controllers (use above commands):
>> http://scm.kforge.net/svn/kforge/trunk/src/kforge/accesscontrol.py
>>
>> Presentation Layer:
>> - kui  base view access control (see authoriseActionObject(), etc.)
>> http://scm.kforge.net/svn/kforge/trunk/src/kforge/django/apps/kui/views/base.py 
>>
>> (uses above system access controller)
>>
>> - concrete kui views (eg. ProjectBaseView, see canUpdateProject(), etc.)
>> http://scm.kforge.net/svn/kforge/trunk/src/kforge/django/apps/kui/views/project.py 
>>
>> (uses above project access controller)
>>
>> - project view mod_python authorisation handler (access control client):
>> http://scm.kforge.net/svn/kforge/trunk/src/kforge/apache/urlpermission.py 
>>
>>
>>
>> (add 'test' before .py to read the tests)
>>
>>
>> I would be only too happy to repsond to any comments or questions. I 
>> would be very surprised if there were a few things that needed some 
>> more attention. I am fairly pleased with it though...
>>
>> One thing is that we could try to get the mod_python handler to pick 
>> up on a kui session cookie. Another may be writing a mod_python view 
>> derived from the base kui view (or some extraction if necessary). 
>> This would unify presentation layer access control and session 
>> management for the 'admin' and 'project' view.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> John.
>>
>>
>> John Bywater wrote:
>>
>>> Hello All,
>>>
>>> Just to say that I've written a nice new access control system, 
>>> which was a significant piece of work. In addition to the analysis 
>>> below, there are personal grants and bars (so it's not simply a 
>>> role-based access control system).
>>>
>>> I've also added the project and person undelete and purge commands.
>>>
>>> All 197 tests are passing....
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> John.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> John Bywater wrote:
>>>
>>>> [written to clarify my own understanding - I've been reworking the 
>>>> code and I think I've worked it out :-)]
>>>>
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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