Rails - Dec 2005 - ACL Navigation Links

I''m currently using the ACL (Access Control Lists) system in my app.  
The access control is working great, but I''d like to use the  
permissions/roles setup in the database to hide links to areas a user  
may not have access for automatically. I''m guessing that you could  
setup a helper function to use instead of link_to and have it check  
the permissions, but I''m not sure where to start with this. Can  
someone point me in the right direction to do this?

Thanks,
Kyle

You might want to look at the ''link_if_authorized'' method
provided in
the UserEngine, and adapt that as necessary.

- james

On 12/22/05, Kyle Mathews <kyle-pIeWrqmHxcrwO1jAe6EQpA@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> I''m currently using the ACL (Access Control Lists) system in my
app.
> The access control is working great, but I''d like to use the
> permissions/roles setup in the database to hide links to areas a user
> may not have access for automatically. I''m guessing that you could
> setup a helper function to use instead of link_to and have it check
> the permissions, but I''m not sure where to start with this. Can
> someone point me in the right direction to do this?
>
> Thanks,
> Kyle
>
>
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You could also create your own using the ''link_to_if'' helper
function
and another function that checks for authorization.

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