[Solar-talk] Users, Auth, Roles, and Access

[Michael Caplan]

Hi again,
 
Sorry if I am flooding the list with a pile of posts today :)  As I mentioned earlier, I am trying to work through Solar for the first time...
 
I'm trying to get my head around authentication, roles, and access.  As I currently understand it, these three items work as follows:
 
- user: a base container that holds user handle, roles, and access
 
- authentication: can be done off of a variety of containers, and the container simply holds a handle and password
 
- roles: a user handle maps to a particular role or roles.  The role container would hold a simple list of roles, where the actual access rights that a role is granted is defined outside of this container.
 
- access: this is where the meat and potatoes are stored that define access rights for each role
 
 
Supposing I am on the right track here, I am trying to get my head around how to structure roles and (particularly) access data.  I need to build out a custom container for the two.  I can't seem to find any sample files that outline the structure and content of these two containers.  I see that the sample bookmarks app does use this entire user system, but can't find any associated access or roles data.  Can someone point me in the right direction?
 
Thanks!
 
Michael





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