similar to: role based authorization question

i got the rails recipes book, i have now an auth system for users without problems, now i want to made a role based acces for my app, im following the "Role Based Authorization" recipe of the book but i cant make it to work even when the tables created and correctly added data manually definig the roles and rights. als i dont know how to define a right for use all the actions in a

Im completely stuck on Role-Based Authorization (I used the rails recipe method) (user_controller.rb) def login return if generate_blank @user = User.new(@params[''user'']) if @session[''user''] = User.authenticate(@params[''user''][''login''], @params[''user''][''password''])

Has anyone managed to do this? I thought about using sessions but they dont want to work for me... Here''s what I''m doing as a little test: class NotLoggedIn < Exception end class ProjectsController < ApplicationController wsdl_service_name ''Projects'' web_service_api ProjectsApi def Login @session[:loggedIn] = true end def GetProjects

Thank you in advance for your help. I am relatively new to both Rails and Rspec and I am hoping for some insight from some experienced veterans. Right now I am using Rspec for code that has already been written so that additional functionality can be developed using the BDD method. My problem shows up when I try to spec controllers that are behind the login system. Each page checks for the

I''m a little perplexed why this isn''t working: private def check_authorization user = User.find(session[:user]) if user.level == 100 flash[:notice] = "welcome, admin" else flash[:notice] = "ha ha" redirect_to :controller

I just switched to Edge Rails (revision 5207) since I want to use the BigDecimal support for an e-commerce website.. Unfortunately, some of my old code seems to be breaking things.. First off, it looks like my "skip_before_filter :check_authentication, :check_authorization, :only => [:login, :forgot_password]" doesn''t work at all, since the before_filter gets executed for

Working through the Users and Authentication of Learning Rails book (great book, code needs to be proof-read in a few cases, though), I came across this: There''s still one leftover that may be worth addressing, depending on your security needs. The authorization? method has secured the data, and the view no longer shows the user options they can''t really use, but if a

Hi There, I am trying to write my first tests for a role bassed authentication taken from Rails Recipies. Whenever I add: assert_redirected_to :action => ''login'' I get the following error: NoMethodError: undefined method `first'' for :user:Symbol /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.13.1/lib/action_controller/assertions/response_assertions.rb:72:in

Hey Guys, I figured someone might have use of this at some point. I've created an iRule for our F5 Load Balancer which performs the following tasks: - Appends STLS to the POP3 Capability list (it does this blindly, so expects the backend POP3 server to not return this) - Watches for the STLS command and initiates SSL negotiation with the client (leaves the connection to the

Hello! I have a lot of contexts for testing Rails controllers, that must do something like ''session[:logged_in] = true'' in their setup. How can this be refactored? In unit tests I would simply create a LoggedInControllerTest base class, that all my functional tests would derive from. And another small question: In my controller specifications I often have to decide whether to

Hi! I want to add a function with a static paramter ("2" in the example) to a filter, but somehow Rails seems to be looking for another syntax. before_filter :check_quantity(2), :only => [:show] doesn''t work. What''s the right way to do this? Thanks a lot! -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hi there, I''m having a bit of an issue with my before_filter. I know that the filters put in the application.rb controller are global for all the controllers. In my application filter I''d like to allow access to the RSS feed method in a ''member'' controller and skip the login checks that the before_filters are currently performing. In my application my filters

Hi, i'm installing a new mail server for our faculty and want to use the squirrelmail plugin 'avelsieve' (1.9.7). As documented on the dovecot wiki there is a problem in the STARTTLS code and i found a solution (that works for my installation): i've traced the server output in 'get_response' and instead of a script list i saw "IMPLEMENTATION". So i took a look

Hi, The user/login management system in Chapter 31: Authenticating Your Users and Chapter 32: Authorizing Users with Roles of Chad Fowler''s Rails Recipes looks reasonable and adequate. However, when I ran the Chapter 31 code, I get the following error: Username or password invalid And I am not even given the chance to sign in; that is, the signin form does not appear at all. Has

I have this page that you login in from. You get authenticated and then bumped over to the appropriate page depending on what your role is: Traveler, Travel Manager, Admin. All pieced work except for the role asssociated with Travel Managers who get tossed out, apprarently when they hit a before_filter to check authenication. However, it seams that they are properly getting authenticated and moved

I''m interested in working on a message board application that uses ruby on rails. I''d like to see something end up similar to vBullieten, but with more of a 37signals type of less-is-more philosophy... mostly meaning less need for preferences and settings and configurations. I''ve checked rubyforge, and it looks like there are various forum apps uploaded there, some

Trying to print out a simple database grid, using, with column headers such as ''SunToSatRoles'', ''PrimaryRoles'', etcetera. Iterating through an object @List which is populated thusly @list = mymodel.find(:all, :order => mymodel.editlist_order) When I do something like <table> <% for i in @list %> <tr> <td><%= i.inspect

I have been scratching my head on this one for most of the day. Hopefully someone can help explain why before_filter isn''t working for my codes. In my Application controller, I have this: before_filter :login_required, :except => [:newacct, :create_newacct, :passwd_reset ] def login_required unless session[:user_id] flash[:notice] = "Please log in"

Im still following the authorization recipe from the book, now all works fine but im getting trouble in how handle the model authorization result, if the user and pass are correct, it goes to a welcome screen(admin.rhtml) but if wrong the model prints a message in an ugly exception like page "usr and pass not correct", i want to redirect the user to the login

I''m trying to create a sequence with no gaps in my db (contrived example, but should work out the same as my real one), and believe db-managed transactions are the way to go about this. It''s my first real ''go'' at transactions, so I may be mistaken about how things really work. Anyway.. Consider this example code: Class Invoice < ActiveRecord::Base def