[Zope-dev] Expanded "access" file (was Re: LoginManagerpatch consideredharmful)harmful)

[Shane Hathaway]

"Phillip J. Eby" wrote:
> 
> At 10:15 AM 7/19/00 -0400, Shane Hathaway wrote:
> >Chris Withers wrote:
> >>
> >> "Phillip J. Eby" wrote:
> >> > Maybe, maybe not.  I think perhaps the most compelling argument from
> >> > Digital Creations' viewpoint for having an expanded "access" file
> might be
> >> > the simplification of the setup process for customers.  And it would also
> >> > make it easier to:
> >> >
> >> > 1) Phase out unownedness (user databases wouldn't need it)
> >> > 2) Narrow the role of superuser (super-can-create hack can go away)
> >> > 3) Do Zope virtual hosting and give somebody a Zope root and even
> >> > superuser, while still being able to log in
> >> > 4) Stop all the whining from people who want to know why superuser can't
> >> > create or own objects any more.  :)
> >>
> >> This sounds great, what happened about it?
> >
> >You speak in the past tense.  This is only a suggestion and a
> >possibility. It's not as important as some other feature requests.
> >
> 
> Patch opportunity, perhaps?  :)  Ty and I would do it, no problem.  Heck,
> I've been tempted to do it as a LoginManager function, since Zope doesn't
> pay attention to anything past the first line of the "access" file...

We would be most grateful! :-)

Shane