API Documentation

Classes

SecurityManager

Functions

getSecurityManager

AccessControl: Security functions and classes

The functions and classes in this module are available to Python-based Scripts and Page Templates.

Classes

class SecurityManager

A security manager provides methods for checking access and managing executable context and policies

__module__ = __builtin__

Methods

calledByExecutable(self):

Return a boolean value indicating if this context was called by an executable.

permission

Always available

getUser(self):

Get the current authenticated user. See the AuthenticatedUser class.

permission

Always available

validate(accessed=None, container=None, name=None, value=None, roles=None):

Validate access.

Arguments:

accessed

the object that was being accessed

container

the object the value was found in

name

The name used to access the value

value

The value retrieved though the access.

roles

The roles of the object if already known.

The arguments may be provided as keyword arguments. Some of these arguments may be omitted, however, the policy may reject access in some cases when arguments are omitted. It is best to provide all the values possible.

permission

Always available

checkPermission(self, permission, object):

Check whether the security context allows the given permission on the given object.

permission

Always available

Functions

getSecurityManager():

Returns the security manager. See the SecurityManager class.