I've read a few CakePHP ACL + Auth tutorials online and they all seem to use the terms "groups" when they should really be using "roles".
Maybe I'm not understanding ACL correctly, but the way I see it being used is to allow/deny access to certain areas (as opposed to records). To me, the term "role" is more appropriate for this usage of ACL. I understand ACL can be used as both Model and Controller level, but I rarely see it used at the model level and when being used at the control level it's making use of the term groups. The term group, should be used the way unix uses it, to mean what resources you have access too. Example : Jim has the role "Manager" and belongs to the group "Yellow Team" Jim, as a manager, can add, edit, and delete posts. Joe is also a member of the "Yellow Team" group and therefore has access to all objects/records that belong to this group. To me this makes more sense. A role defines areas you have access to and group is something that a bunch of objects/records belongs to. Thoughts? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
