Re: Auth_Groups and Auth_Permissions

On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 05:09:19 +0200, David Costa <gurugeek@php.net> wrote: > > On 15 août 04, at 04:59, Jon Wood wrote: > > > I've just created proposals for Auth_Groups and Auth_Permissions, > > which will provide a basic group/permission system for people not > > wanting to go through the trouble of setting up a full > > Liveuser/Auth_Enterprise install. > > > With the risk of sounding a bit too conservative, I would really want > to see some major difference on what you propose > vs Auth and Live User. If you don't have much time, I wouldn't > recommend hitting something like Auth where, from my experience, > the existing solutions are actively developed on pear and fairly simple > to setup. > > I wouldn't personally +1 an Auth package because, from my experience, > Auth itself is very lightweight. This of course doesn't apply if what > you intend to propose is substantially different. From what I saw ( > http://pear.php.net/pepr/pepr-proposal-show.php?id=138) what > you > mention is very close to the package Auth ( don't know about > Auth_Enterprise). > This isn't a replacement for Auth, it's an extension - allowing simple management of groups and permissions without the extra overhead involved in the existing solutions, which implement everything (login, permissions, groups, user management etc.) in one package. It's mainly designed as a direction to go in for people already using Auth for login management, who would like to extend the capabilities of their application without ripping out all the auth stuff and starting again. > Regards > David Costa >