Good morning. Our application has grown to the point where a more robust authorization system is needed. What Rails plugins or Ruby gems do you recommend? Our needs include: - defining multiple user roles which can use parts of the application in different ways - easy maintenance (preferably no generators or systems requiring manual code updating after initial install) We are already using authlogic for authentication. Thanks. Evan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Hello Evan, I''ve posted a similar question few days ago ( http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk/t/813041902727d8e0?hl=en ). Unfortunately there weren''t any answers yet. So, by now I recommend you to take a look at the "rails-authorization-plugin" from Writertopia ( http://www.writertopia.com/developers/authorization ), it can can supply your needs for sure. Last but not least, I also suggest you to keep looking at Ben Johnson''s site where recently has been posted some exciting news about the future of Authlogic (http://www.binarylogic.com/2009/2/25/the- future-of-authlogic-add-ons). There you''ll see something about the add- on nr. 5. Maybe you can wait for its release. I confess I''m looking forward to it. Regards, Adriano On Feb 27, 2:24 pm, Evan <evancha...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Good morning. > > Our application has grown to the point where a more robust > authorization system is needed. What Rails plugins or Ruby gems do you > recommend? > > Our needs include: > > - defining multiple user roles which can use parts of the application > in different ways > - easy maintenance (preferably no generators or systems requiring > manual code updating after initial install) > > We are already using authlogic for authentication. > > Thanks. > > Evan--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Adriano, Thanks for pointing out your post. I''m looking at the Authorization plugin now. After several more hours of research I''ve found a couple of resources that might help you, as well. A good, comparative overview of lots of authorization plugins http://steffenbartsch.com/blog/2008/08/rails-authorization-plugins/ Declarative Authorization plugin – well-designed authorization system that abstracts authorization declarations from application code http://github.com/stffn/declarative_authorization/tree Evan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---