Security Considerations

Raymond, Dan -- on Jan. 19 2006, from Brisbane, Australia

Having portal type security on a user basis

Is there any way to restrict parts of sites to specific users?

I would like to do this so that tailored content appears (especially collections = client specific reports etc) when a particular member logs in

Thanks

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Bernard from nearby-an-airport Associate, 6728 posts	on Jan. 19 2006 Dan: Good question, since I am currently extending the security model of YACS to have some section content limited to a couple of members (read and write access). This means you can have section_a limited to user_a and section_b limited to user_b. If both sections are part of the site map displayed on the home page, YACS will properly manage the display, depending of who is connected. At the moment, no security scheme has been implemented for collections. One way to circumvent this would be to share files by attaching them to articles or sections, and benefit from mechanisms explained previously.
Dan from Brisbane, Australia 21 posts	on Jan. 20 2006 Bernard sounds great no need for collection management under your proposal as you point out. When are we likely to see this facility? thanks Dan
Bernard from nearby-an-airport Associate, 6728 posts	inspired from dan on Jan. 20 2006 Dan: I am working on this right now, and should be able to demonstrate something by next week. Then an intermediate build could be provided for your own tests before next release (6.2) in February.
Dan from Brisbane, Australia 21 posts	inspired from Bernard on Jan. 20 2006 Bernard: That would be appreciated
Dan from Brisbane, Australia 21 posts	inspired from Bernard on Feb. 8 2006 Bernard: How are you going with this? I am eager to get this up on our site as soon as its ready thanks a million Dan
Fernand from Paris 1287 posts	inspired from dan on Feb. 8 2006 Dan : Bernard is out of a connection for a few hollydays and will answer to you asa. That is to say at the beginning of next week. Regards
Bernard from nearby-an-airport Associate, 6728 posts	inspired from dan on Feb. 12 2006 Dan: Well, you may see a preview of that feature at the demo site. Go there, log in as demo/demo to authenticate as an associate. Then create a new section, and restrict access to associates and editors. Then create a new member profile, display it on the screen, and click on Select sections managed by this user. Does this fulfill your need?
Dan from Brisbane, Australia 21 posts	inspired from Bernard on Feb. 13 2006 Bernard: That's mighty close to what I was after, any chance of having it not visibile at all except for that user (and admins of course). Such as how we can hide information using the [hidden] or [restricted]codes on the menu? However, if this is as far as you want to go it will suit me very fine. thanks for all the trouble Dan
Bernard from nearby-an-airport Associate, 6728 posts	inspired from dan on Feb. 13 2006 Dan: Edit the target section and make it visible to associates only. Done!
Dan from Brisbane, Australia 21 posts	inspired from Bernard on Feb. 13 2006 Bernard: of course, so elegant! thanks when will the release be available? ever grateful Dan
Lucrecius from La Rochelle / Charente-Maritime / France 239 posts	on Feb. 13 2006 Bernard : Upgrading root disposals As you already know, I'm hardly looking for this security feature.... like Dan. But the professionnal (educationnal) process goes on, and I didn't got time to wait. So, I had to settle groups of students on my course site. This is structured on a section-per-group basis. No one can see no one, as long as the article (or other contribution) is not published. I want to know the best way to upgrade this root-organization in the future one.... in the very next release. Friendly Regards, Lucrecius
Bernard from nearby-an-airport Associate, 6728 posts	inspired from lucrecius on Feb. 16 2006 Lucrecius: Actually you have two different issues. One is to have closed workgroups with collaborating students (=one section per workgroup). The other one is to let one student share information with his teacher (=one section per student). In order to streamline the creation of individual sections (or personal spaces, or, simply, blogs), version 6.2 will let registered surfers create themselves one or more personal sections (with editors status) and define the visibility level of these sections (public, restricted, etc.) As a teacher, you will just have to ask your students to activate one private section to share protected material with you. This means that each student will be a managing editor of at least 2 sections: a private one, and another for the team/group they are part of. Dan, Lucrecius: I will push this update here by end of week to let you download a preview of all these before the actual release the week after.
Dan from Brisbane, Australia 21 posts	inspired from Bernard on Feb. 16 2006 Bernard: Look forward to it thank you Dan
Lucrecius from La Rochelle / Charente-Maritime / France 239 posts	on Feb. 17 2006 Bernard , I naturally join Dan This will be a real breakthrough in the educationnal field and I'm also hardly waiting for the week-end. Lucrecius

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Posted by Dan on Jan. 19 2006, edited by Lucrecius on Jan. 19 2006, (popular)