[Zope3-dev] Grant permissions to roles seems strange

[Jim Fulton]

This sounds like a bug.  Please report it in the collector:

http://collector.zope.org/Zope3-dev

Jim

Peter Mayne wrote:
> I've been playing with permissions, and the web page seems to be acting 
> strangely.
> 
> I'm using ZopeX3-3.0.0c2.win32. To reproduce (logged on as admin, of 
> course):
> 
> Create a new Z3 instance.
> Browse to [top] -> Grant -> Grant permissions to roles
> Set role Everybody, permission View to "-" and save changes.
> Restart Z3.
> Check Everybody/View: it should be "-".
> Set Everybody/View to "+" and save changes.
> Restart Z3.
> Check Everybody/View: it is still "-" instead of "+".
> 
> This seems to happen for all of the Everybody permissions. It means that 
> every time I restart Z3, I have to manually change this so anonymous 
> users can use my application. The permission holds until I restart.
> 
> Other strange things happen as well. For instance, if I set all roles 
> for "Use Database Connections" to "+" and restart, they go back to " ".
> 
> Do I have a fundamental misunderstanding of what's going on, or is there 
> something weird here?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> PJDM


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