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I have added roles and roles_users table and updated the model so that my users can have multiple roles. ("Admin" role does always have id = 1). I have added these methods to my application controller. <code> helper_method :is_admin? helper_method :is_user? def is_admin? if @session[''user''] @session[''user''].roles.find(1)

Hi, I''ve got this method : def is_admin? @current_user && @current_user.admin == 1 end I want to be able to call this method from all my controllers and all my views. If I put this method in application_controller I can call it from all my controllers but none of my views. If I put this method in application_helper I can call it from all my views but none of my controllers.

Rails is throwing this error C:/Ruby/Depot/app/views/products/index.html.erb:28: syntax error, unexpected tSTRING_BEG, expecting keyword_do or ''{'' or ''('' ...er.privilege == 50 ? {link_to ''Show'', product} : ''a'' );@out... in line <%= current_user.privilege == 50 ? {link_to ''Show'', product} :

Is there a place where I can put a method that can be accessed in both views and controllers? Here''s the situation, maybe someone can suggest a better way to go about this: I created my own custom login system with email verification and user roles (basically, I tinkered around with SaltedHashLoginGenerator until I finally gave up and wrote my own). One role, of course, is an admin

i found Ezra''s acl_system plugin yesterday and i am trying to figure it out. based on the simple instructions on the site, it does exactly what i need but i''m getting some errors when i try to use it: NoMethodError in UsersController#index You have a nil object when you didn''t expect it! The error occured while evaluating nil.roles i am pretty new to rails and

Can I set an application wide instance variable that is available for all actions...and their views? eg. class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base @current_user = User.find(session[:user_id]) end and everywhere I can call @current_user.id and I can get that object? Even down in the views? I could not get this to work... Thanks in advance, Jeff -------------- next part

Hi all, I am using rails v.2.3.2 and if I put following line to my ApplicationController: include LoginSystem and I moved my login_system.rb to lib folder: module LoginSystem protected def is_logged_in? @logged_in_user = User.find(session[:user]) if session[:user] end def logged_in_user return @logged_in_user if is_logged_in? end def logged_in_user=(user) if

I am using authlogic as a authentication engine in my rails app. I have two types of users 1) Users who are registered and has access to there own profile. 2) Admin user who has access to everybody''s profile In the user table i have a :is_admin field boolean field which defines the admin user. like the current_user method, Is there a way authlogic provides which can tell me if the

Hi, I just installed Rails 2.0.2 [root@mymachine easyx]# ruby --version ruby 1.8.6 (2007-03-13 patchlevel 0) [i686-linux] [root@mymachine easyrx]# gem install rails --include-dependencies Need to update 16 gems from http://gems.rubyforge.org ................ complete Successfully installed rails-2.0.2 [root@remandev easyrx]# But I''m getting this error in my restful_authentication

I''m trying to run a single worker that could perform a periodic task for a given user. >From a controller, I imagine something like: def start_job MiddleMan.ask_work(:worker => :foo_worker, :worker_method => :perform_task, :data => { :user_id = current_user.id }) end def check_job @status = MiddleMan.ask_status(:worker => :foo_worker)[current_user.id] end

What do I need to do to be able to use an acts_as_authenticated current_user in a model? Is there some sort of include or require I can do some where that would allow this? ********************************************************** Here is what I am trying to do: ********************************************************** class Setting < ActiveRecord::Base before_create :created_by_user #

I have a web application that is getting larger all the time. There are now 3 separate models where I am storing the current find parameters in session hash and it''s beginning to seem to me that this might not be a good idea. Before I add another model to the mess - is there a better way? Do I have to create some table to store the current ''find'' criteria? It seems as

Maybe I am grasping the full usage of this protect_from_forgery function, but it does not seem to work for me. Imagine the following: A simple website with a user that needs to log in to do certain stuff and a closed off admin section that only certain users can access that have the is_admin field set to true. So to be clear, my User model has a login, password and is_admin. When displaying the

Forgive my ignorance ya''ll. I''m trying to extract a username from a table using the user id. I''ve tried: @authenticated_user = User.find(:first, :select => "login", :conditions => "id = ''1''") AND: @authenticated_user = User.find_by_sql("select login from users where id=''1''") within an action that

Hi, I''m trying create a user system for a future project but I have a problem when I want give to my users the "Welcome". This is my code: #application_controller class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base protect_from_forgery helper_method :current_user private def current_user_session return @current_user_session if defined?(@current_user_session)

I''m setting up authentication with Authlogic and I get this error. I''ve done some searching but with no success. I tried setting the current_user method in Application_controller to protected and not private, on the recommendation in Stack Overflow. Error in browser----------------- NoMethodError in User sessionsController#new undefined method `require_no_user'' for

Hi I''m trying to use before_filter to allow access to a site. Only logged in users can view any object in the controller, but only users with a access_level higher than 2 can view specific objects. My code is: ----------------------------------------------------------- IN USER_CONTROLLER before_filter :login_required before_filter :access_granted, :only => [:destroy, :new , :edit]

What is the best way to implement a ''Down for Maintenance'' page across your Rails app? Ideally I would like to have a button in my admin section that toggles the display of a ''currently under maintenance'' page to every public request to the app (possibly with some dynamic content like estimated down-time) except for: - - requests from a specified IP

Hi, test "is_admin method is not visible" do get :is_admin assert_??? end is_admin is protected and should stay that way forever. What assertion do I use? M. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

I have a controller test here: http://gist.github.com/275616, which works fine when account is an independent model, however I want: an account to be a property of user, ( and created and associated when a user is) when the user goes to /account/edit it should on edit the account of the logged in user - I can make rails do this, but I''m utterly baffled how I should alter this test to