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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---