On Thu, 2006-04-27 at 15:56 -0700, SmileyChris wrote:
> I'm not a fan of the current permissions system. It'd be neat to see
> admin permissions evolve to a *nix-like system of user/group/all,
> read/write permissions per object.
> Objects could be linked into the permissions system with a single
> foreign key through to a permissions object containing the r/w rights
> and current user & group or maybe use the Admin class idea - a
> Permissions class...

The current permission system is equivalent to ACL (access control list)
systems. They are generally considered more flexible and useful than
bit-based permission systems like the Unix filesystem.

So why do you think a Unix-like system would be more useful? More
specifically, what are the problems you see with the current system?

Malcolm


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