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Hi, Is it possible to specify multiple before filters in a controller... here''s the thing: only one set of filters is to use the :except option. Something like: before_filter :check_for_session_cookie before_filter :validate_user :except =>[''login''] which I use to a) check if the user has returned to the site and has a saved cookie holding login details b) check to see if user is logged on, unless they are attempting to do so. As far as I can tell the :except is applied to both my before filters....

...a bunch of controllers for each user role. I''m trying to set up some sort of validation that the user accessing e.g. the admin/subjects controller has the ''admin'' role. The brute force way to do this would be something like: - for each controller, put in before_filter :validate_user def validate_user if session[:user].role != ''admin'' flash[:notice] = "You don''t have permission to access this" redirect_to :controller => session[:user].role, :action => ''home'' end end However, I don''t want to put...