[Zope] Authentication, Anonymous and Public

Dieter Maurer dieter@handshake.de
Fri, 30 Jun 2000 23:40:26 +0200 (CEST)


Capesius, Alan writes:
 > I'm running into a problem after implementing jcNTUserFolder in a 
 > subfolder of my site. Users can access the root level or particular 
 > subfolders anonymously. Once a user accesses the protected 
 > NTUserFolder, the credentials are saved in the browser. If the user 
 > then returns to the anonymous area, they can no longer access th 
 > folder due to the browser credentials.
 > 
 > Does Zope have a mechanism equivalent to the Novell NDS Public access?
 > that is to say:
 > 
 > Anonymous = not authenticated.
 > Everyone = authenticated users (that are members of the group)
 > Public = authenticated and anonymous users.

In Zope, each user has a set of roles.
Any user has the "Anonymous" role. Log-in users may have
additional roles.

Thus, what you see, should not happen.


Dieter