Auth->authorize = array('Actions' => array('actionPath' => 'controllers/'),...) * * Now, when a user (i.e. jeff) authenticates successfully and requests a controller action (i.e. /invoices/delete) * that is not allowed by default (e.g. via $this->Auth->allow('edit') in the Invoices controller) then AuthComponent * will ask the configured ACL interface if access is granted. Under the assumptions 1. and 2. this will be * done via a call to Acl->check() with * * array('User' => array('username' => 'jeff', 'group_id' => 4, ...)) * * as ARO and * * '/controllers/invoices/delete' * * as ACO. * * If the configured map looks like * * $config['map'] = array( * 'User' => 'User/username', * 'Role' => 'User/group_id', * ); * * then PhpAcl will lookup if we defined a role like User/jeff. If that role is not found, PhpAcl will try to * find a definition for Role/4. If the definition isn't found then a default role (Role/default) will be used to * check rules for the given ACO. The search can be expanded by defining aliases in the alias configuration. * E.g. if you want to use a more readable name than Role/4 in your definitions you can define an alias like * * $config['alias'] = array( * 'Role/4' => 'Role/editor', * ); * * In the roles configuration you can define roles on the lhs and inherited roles on the rhs: * * $config['roles'] = array( * 'Role/admin' => null, * 'Role/accountant' => null, * 'Role/editor' => null, * 'Role/manager' => 'Role/editor, Role/accountant', * 'User/jeff' => 'Role/manager', * ); * * In this example manager inherits all rules from editor and accountant. Role/admin doesn't inherit from any role. * Lets define some rules: * * $config['rules'] = array( * 'allow' => array( * '*' => 'Role/admin', * 'controllers/users/(dashboard|profile)' => 'Role/default', * 'controllers/invoices/*' => 'Role/accountant', * 'controllers/articles/*' => 'Role/editor', * 'controllers/users/*' => 'Role/manager', * 'controllers/invoices/delete' => 'Role/manager', * ), * 'deny' => array( * 'controllers/invoices/delete' => 'Role/accountant, User/jeff', * 'controllers/articles/(delete|publish)' => 'Role/editor', * ), * ); * * Ok, so as jeff inherits from Role/manager he's matched every rule that references User/jeff, Role/manager, * Role/editor, Role/accountant and Role/default. However, for jeff, rules for User/jeff are more specific than * rules for Role/manager, rules for Role/manager are more specific than rules for Role/editor and so on. * This is important when allow and deny rules match for a role. E.g. Role/accountant is allowed * controllers/invoices/* but at the same time controllers/invoices/delete is denied. But there is a more * specific rule defined for Role/manager which is allowed controllers/invoices/delete. However, the most specific * rule denies access to the delete action explicitly for User/jeff, so he'll be denied access to the resource. * * If we would remove the role definition for User/jeff, then jeff would be granted access as he would be resolved * to Role/manager and Role/manager has an allow rule. */ /** * The role map defines how to resolve the user record from your application * to the roles you defined in the roles configuration. */ $config['map'] = array( 'User' => 'User/username', 'Role' => 'User/group_id', ); /** * define aliases to map your model information to * the roles defined in your role configuration. */ $config['alias'] = array( 'Role/4' => 'Role/editor', ); /** * role configuration */ $config['roles'] = array( 'Role/admin' => null, ); /** * rule configuration */ $config['rules'] = array( 'allow' => array( '*' => 'Role/admin', ), 'deny' => array(), );