[jifty-devel] Admin mode breaks application.

[Jesse Vincent]

Mat,

I think the issue you're running into is that you've turned off Admin
mode.
Admin mode changes Jifty's default authorization strategy. 

If you have a look at Jifty::Record, you'll see that we have a method
called "current_user_can".  In admin mode, the answer to "Can the
current user _____" is always YES!  In production, you often want a
somewhat more restrictive access control strategy, so Jifty defaults to
"no!" unless the current user is an administrator.  You can change this
by overriding current_user_can in YourApp::Record.

Best,
Jesse

On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 11:27:32AM -0700, Mat Brletic wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> A few days ago, I had a simple Jifty app working ok. I then went on to 
> re-compile Apache to use mod_auth_ldap. When I tried to run the 
> application again, I found that it did not work. I will paste the code 
> below:
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------  
> code begins below
> 
> <&|/_elements/wrapper, title => Jifty->config->framework('Survey3') &>
> % my $answers = Survey::Model::AnswerCollection->new();
> % $answers->unlimit();
> % my $next_answer_id = 0;
> 
> % my $surveys = Survey::Model::SurveyCollection->new();
> % $surveys->unlimit();
> % my $next_survey_id = 0;
> 
> % my $action = 'test_Answer_Survey.pm';
> 
> % while (my $answer = $answers->next)  {
> Survey: <% $answer->survey %>
> Answer ID:  <% $answer->id %>
> Answer: <% $answer->answer %><br>
> 
> % $next_answer_id = $next_answer_id + 1; 
> % }
> %####################################################
> % while (my $survey = $surveys->next) {
> Survey ID:  <% $survey->id %>
> Ticket # <% $survey->ticket %>
> Queue: <% $survey->queue %><br>
> % $next_survey_id = $next_survey_id + 1; 
> % }
> %####################################################
> 
> % $next_answer_id = $next_answer_id + 1;
> 
> The next available survey ID number is : <% $next_survey_id %><br>
> The next available answer ID number is : <% $next_answer_id %><br>
> Please answer a few question about <b>Ticket # <% $ticket %></b> concerning 
> Subject: <b><% $subject %></b><br>
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> 
> %#########################################################
> <FORM ACTION="test_Answer_Survey.pm">
> 
> <<<<< removed for brevity, this was not part of problem>>>
> 
> 
> <INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT VALUE="Submit Survey">
> </FORM>
> 
> </&>
> %#########################################################
> 
> <%args>
> $ticket => ''
> $subject => ''
> $cue => ''
> </%args>
> 
> --------------------------------------------  end of code
> 
> What was happening was that Neither of the loops would run. The "next 
> available" survey id and answer id would be 0 and 1, when they should 
> have been much higher. It looked like local variables were not loading 
> anything from the collection objects.
> 
> Finally, I re-enable the Administration mode in config.yml, which I had 
> set to zero in the process of re-building Apache and trying to clean 
> things up. When I reset the Admin mode to 1, the application started 
> working again.
> 
> I cannot have administration mode active when the application is put 
> into service, so if anyone knows what might be done to do to get the app 
> working with Admin mode =0, I would appreciate the help.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mat
> 
> 
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