Re: Administrative user

bcparanj-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
2007-10-25T17:55:33Z

In Rails 2.0 preview release, it is easy to have basic http
authentication for admin related pages.

On Oct 25, 10:05 am, Shandy Nantz
<rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> I was just wondering if anyone has a simplier way on how to handle admin
> like functionality. In my app of have many users, but a single user can
> be choosen to handle and/or modify user profiles that are associated to
> them. The problem is that I actually have some really good security
> measures in place, such as :before_filters, that catch any unautorized
> users from accesing another account. So to handle this admin like
> functionality, I am constantly passing a value along that identifies
> this person as an admin. Is there a better way to this? Thanks,
>
> -S
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