Yes that has it working now! The world is beautiful again.
Walter, Derrick, I can get phase one up and running thanks to this. Thanks
a million guys!
On Tuesday, November 19, 2013 1:26:45 AM UTC, Derrick Zhang wrote:
>
>
> Hi Phillip,
>
> If your roles param is an array, you should tell strong parameters
> explicitly like this:
>
> params[:user].permit(:id, :email, :password, :roles => [])
>
> Excepted from the doc:
>
> To declare that the value in params must be an array of permitted scalar
> values map the key to an empty array:
>
> params.permit(:id => [])
>
>
> On Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at 9:21 AM, Walter Lee Davis wrote:
>
> Okay, try this:
>
> @user = User.new(params[:user].permit(:id, :email, :password,
> :password_confirmation, :roles))
>
> And if that doesn't do it, then I need to see the raw parameters from your
> form submission (they will be in your console).
>
> Walter
>
> On Nov 18, 2013, at 6:00 PM, Phillip wrote:
>
> Just the users table, "role_mask" the one we want? Here is the users from
> schema.rb
>
> create_table "users", force: true do |t|
> t.string "email", default: "", null: false
> t.string "encrypted_password", default: "", null: false
> t.string "reset_password_token"
> t.datetime "reset_password_sent_at"
> t.datetime "remember_created_at"
> t.integer "sign_in_count", default: 0, null: false
> t.datetime "current_sign_in_at"
> t.datetime "last_sign_in_at"
> t.string "current_sign_in_ip"
> t.string "last_sign_in_ip"
> t.datetime "created_at"
> t.datetime "updated_at"
> t.integer "roles_mask"
> end
>
>
>
> On Monday, November 18, 2013 10:52:53 PM UTC, Walter Lee Davis wrote:
> Okay, so now you know that strong parameters is the problem. Go into your
> schema, copy the entire table definition, and paste it here. This will be
> easy to fix, just have to see what the actual column name is that you need
> to whitelist.
>
> Don't just leave your controller like this, you are not safe.
>
> Walter
>
> On Nov 18, 2013, at 5:50 PM, Phillip wrote:
>
> Yes! That works. Thanks Walter.
>
> (code now...)
> def create
> @user = User.new(params[:user].permit!)
>
> On Monday, November 18, 2013 10:30:42 PM UTC, Walter Lee Davis wrote:
> Okay, try this (just to see if it saves at all):
>
> params[:user].permit!
>
> That turns off strong parameters entirely, so let's see if your value is
> getting saved.
>
> Walter
>
> On Nov 18, 2013, at 4:41 PM, Phillip wrote:
>
> Ah yes, in console I have a line(when creating a user) saying....
>
> Unpermitted parameters: password_confirmation, roles
>
>
> I tried...
>
> def create
> @user = User.new(params[:user].permit(:id, :email, :password,
> :roles_mask))
> ...etc...
>
>
> and...
>
> def create
> @user = User.new(params[:user].permit(:id, :email, :password,
> :roles_mask[:roles]))
>
>
> and....
>
> def create
> @user = User.new(params[:user].permit(:id, :email, :password, :roles))
>
>
> But none save the roles. The roles_mask col in the users table is an
> integer. It explains the process in the link mentioned on my first post.
> Using a "bitmask".
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Monday, November 18, 2013 9:07:52 PM UTC, Walter Lee Davis wrote:
> Also, watch your console as you update, and see if there's a warning about
> illegal attributes not being saved.
>
> Walter
>
> On Nov 18, 2013, at 4:04 PM, Walter Lee Davis wrote:
>
> Aha. You have a method called roles, but you're storing this in
> roles_mask? Which is a string? You should try adding roles_mask in the
> strong parameters, I think.
>
> Walter
>
>
> On Nov 18, 2013, at 3:50 PM, Phillip wrote:
>
> Hi Walter,
>
> Thanks for reply.
>
> Yes I have added in roles, but perhaps I am doing it wrong? Here is my
> users controller for creating and updating...
>
>
> def create
> @user = User.new(params[:user].permit(:email, :password, :roles))
> # authorize! :manage, @users
>
> respond_to do |format|
> if @user.save
> format.html { redirect_to(@user, :notice => 'User was successfully
> created.') }
> format.xml { render :xml => @user, :status => :created, :location => @user
> }
> else
> format.html { render :action => "new" }
> format.xml { render :xml => @user.errors, :status => :unprocessable_entity
> }
> end
> end
> end
>
> # PUT /users/1
> # PUT /users/1.xml
> def update
> @user = User.find(params[:id])
>
> respond_to do |format|
> if @user.update(params[:user].permit(:email, :password, :roles))
> format.html { redirect_to(@user, :notice => 'User was successfully
> updated.') }
> format.xml { head :ok }
> else
> format.html { render :action => "edit" }
> format.xml { render :xml => @user.errors, :status => :unprocessable_entity
> }
> end
> end
> end
>
>
>
> On Monday, November 18, 2013 7:03:09 PM UTC, Phillip wrote:
> Hi,
>
> (Using Rails 4.0.1, Ruby 1.9.3, latest devise and cancan gems. sqlite db
> for local development)
>
> I am a rookie, setting up website and was adding roles(using cancan gem)
> to my users table. Everything works great, except when I select a role for
> a user it is not getting saved. The user gets saved/created OK but it never
> updates/ remembers any roles assigned to the user.
>
> I was following the advice given here(Many roles per user). Any help or
> advice is most appreciated...
>
> https://github.com/ryanb/cancan/wiki/role-based-authorization
>
> Here is my users form...
>
> <%= form_for(@user) do |f| %>
> <div class="field">
> <%= f.label :email %><br />
> <%= f.text_field :email %>
> </div>
> <% if @current_method == "new" %>
> <div class="field">
> <%= f.label :password %><br />
> <%= f.password_field :password %>
> </div>
> <div class="field">
> <%= f.label :password_confirmation %><br />
> <%= f.password_field :password_confirmation %>
> </div>
> <% end %>
> <% for role in User::ROLES %>
> <%= check_box_tag "user[roles][#{role}]", role,
> @user.roles.include?(role), {:name => "user[roles][]"}%>
> <%= label_tag "user_roles_#{role}", role.humanize %><br />
> <% end %>
> <%= hidden_field_tag "user[roles][]", "" %>
> <div class="actions">
> <%= f.submit %>
> </div>
> <% end %>
>
>
>
> # /app/model/user.rb
>
> class User < ActiveRecord::Base
>
> ROLES = %w[admin blog_author]
>
> def roles=(roles)
> self.roles_mask = (roles & ROLES).map { |r| 2**ROLES.index(r) }.inject(0,
> :+)
> end
>
> def roles
> ROLES.reject do |r|
> ((roles_mask.to_i || 0) & 2**ROLES.index(r)).zero?
> end
> end
>
> def is?(role)
> roles.include?(role.to_s)
> end
>
> # Include default devise modules. Others available are:
> # :confirmable, :lockable, :timeoutable and :omniauthable
> devise :database_authenticatable, :registerable, :recoverable,
> :rememberable, :trackable, :validatable
> end
>
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