Hello again!! I've finally developed this plugin. You can find it at the RoundCube plugins repository, http://trac.roundcube.net/wiki/Plugin_Repository , or directly on SourceForge, http://sourceforge.net/projects/rolespermission/ . Read documentation for installation instructions (as easy as normal for plugins).
There already are some feature request I have created. They are questions and proposals for RoundCube core developers. One, the most important (I think) is a inter-plugins communication solution other than the JavaScript. For going everything OK, I think plugins may be able to define other plugins default variables and/or functions. I mean, this plugin needs other plugins variable "permissions", where other plugins should define their own permissions. From now on, this plugin defines a global variable to link to its instance, so other plugins can register permissions with a public function inside their __construct function. Nasty, I think. So here is a plugin and an open debate. Best regards, emi 2010/4/14 till <[email protected]>: > I think its a great idea! > > On Apr 14, 2010 11:48 AM, "emi" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi there!! > I'm making a plugin which does nothing but add an API and a > preferences section to let other plugins distinguish between different > kinds of users, what normally is called "User roles". A user may > belong to none, one or multiple roles. Roles may be, for example, > "Administrator", "Boss", etc. After this, other plugins may use this > relationships to give some special rights to some users, not all of > them. > > This could be used, for example, to do what now is done via > config.inc.php. Can be also used for an infinity of cases: "Can add > contacts to global address", "Can do a webconference", "Can define new > calendars", etc. > > My idea to do so is that other plugins may declare permissions (for > example, "Can configure MyPlugin"). Then, the master of the > installation or those who have "Change permissions" rights could > assign this permission to some role(s). This idea is just copied from > Drupal, but surely it is used in many more programs. > > Do anybody has contributions/ideas/wishes for this plugin? Do any > plugin developer see this is a good idea? > > Best regards, > emi > _______________________________________________ > List info: http://lists.roundcube.net/dev/ > _______________________________________________ List info: http://lists.roundcube.net/dev/
