Re: [naming] permissions managment

On Mittwoch, 14. August 2002 12:44, Björn Schotte wrote: > * Sandro Zic wrote: > > authentication. The current Auth package does all the necessary stuff. > > So it can do Passport authentication, single sign on auths > based on SOAP etc.? If not, then I don't see the point how > one can say it does enough. Yup, you're completely right - these are also things I'd like to see in the Auth package :) Maybe it would be good to have a PEAR::Connectors class which provides wrappers to all the datasources that PEAR currently provides: DB, SOAP, LDAP, XML, ... and which is instantiated by e.g. the Auth package or the new Perm package to connect to the respecitve datasource. This requires a naming scheme, similar to the PEAR::DB DSN, but for all those datasources in PEAR. Sandro > > Furthermore, I have my doubts if it makes sense to have any kind of > > User_* package in PEAR if it deals with adding, editing, deleting user > > data like firstname, lastname, email, affiliation, etc. This will become > > a hassle to find a general purpose solution as such data can vary a lot > > accross applications. > > +1 -- Sandro Zic oc4ware Project Manager oc4ware - Software 4 Open Communities http://www.oc4ware.org oc4 e.V. - Association of Open Communities http://www.oc4home.org