Thanx. We get it now. Since we are already talking about this, do you know which objects do I have to implement if I would like to have a security service which is Torque independent? I would like to create a JDBC Security Service for Turbine. Any idea?
Rodrigo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Humberto Hernandez Torres" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Turbine Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 11:29 AM Subject: RE: Could someone explain the security service and the DB schema a little further? > Users , Roles and Permissions are easy to understand. > > I think Groups are not as evident. Groups are not really groups of Users as > you may think. Groups are whatever you want them to be depending on your > problem domain. Examples: > > Ex 1 - You have system where you manage several branch offices. In each > branch you have a branch manager. You would make every branch a Group and > "Manager" is a role. This way a User has the Role of Manager in a Branch > (Group) but it is not a Manager in other branches. > > Ex 2 - You have a virtual store that sells pets. You have a cat department, > a dog department, a snakes department. I fevery department is group the > category manager (role) for each departament is a different person. Thus > Juan is "Category Manager" for dogs and cats but Salma is "Category Manager" > for snakes. A user can have a role but only in selected departments. If you > want the user to have the role in every department you can by convention > assign it to the group "Global". > > I hope this clarifies it. > > -- > Humberto > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rodrigo Reyes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 10:19 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Could someone explain the security service and the > > DB schema a > > little further? > > > > > > Hi > > I have been investigating the security service and looked > > at the DB > > schema which is shown at the site. We have been discussing it > > here, but we > > haven't been able to fully understand it. Could someone > > explain it a little > > better? How are users, groups and roles related? Why do they > > have a ternary > > relationship between them? Thanx > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
