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Package =TWiki::Access

A singleton object of this class manages the access control database.

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ClassMethod new `()`

Construct a new singleton object to manage the permissions database.

ObjectMethod permissionsSet `($web) -> $boolean`

Are there any security restrictions for this Web (ignoring settings on individual pages).

ObjectMethod getReason `() -> $string`

Return a string describing the reason why the last access control failure occurred.

ObjectMethod *checkAccessPermission `($action,$user,$text,$topic,$web) -> $boolean`

Check if user is allowed to access topic

$action - 'VIEW', 'CHANGE', 'CREATE', etc.
$user - User object
$text - If undef or '': Read '$theWebName.$theTopicName' to check permissions
$topic - Topic name to check, e.g. 'SomeTopic' *undef to check web perms only)
$web - Web, e.g. 'Know'

If the check fails, the reason can be recoveered using getReason.

Revision r1 - 2006-02-01 - 12:01:24 - TWikiContributor Edit