Rails - Dec 2005 - Before_filter get name of controller

Hi,

I have written a before_filter to check if a person is authorized to 
access parts of a controller like so:

  def check_authorized_ads
    @rights = Right.find_by_user_id(1)
    unless @rights.ads
      flash[:notice] = "You are not authorized."
      redirect_to(:controller => "user", :action =>
"login")
  end

In my rights table I have a column for each controller, indicating if a 
user is authorized or not. The easiest way is to write a new 
before_filter for each controller, like:

  def check_authorized_controllerx
    @rights = Right.find_by_user_id(1)
    unless @rights.controllerx
      flash[:notice] = "You are not authorized."
      redirect_to(:controller => "user", :action =>
"login")
  end

But that is not according to the DRY principles. Is their a way to pass 
the name of the controller or another param with the before_filter? 
Thanks.

Kind regards,

Nick

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