fabricioblz/acl_manager

An access control list (ACL), with respect to a computer file system, is a list of permissions attached to an object. An ACL specifies which users or system processes are granted access to objects, as well as what operations are allowed on given objects.[1] Each entry in a typical ACL specifies a subject and an operation. For instance, if a file object has an ACL that contains (Alice: read,write; Bob: read), this would give Alice permission to read and write the file and Bob to only read it.

AclManager

Installation

1. Install the acl_manager gem: gem install 'acl_manager' or put it inside your Gemfile: gem 'acl_manager'

2. Add the acl_manager module into devise inside your model: devise :database_authenticatable, :registerable, ..., :acl_manager

3. Install the migrations. run: rails g acl_manager MODEL

4. Open up your console and build the acls AclManager::Acl.build_all!

5. Create your first role. eg: Admin

AclManager::Role.create(name: 'admin', active: true, description: 'gives users     admin access')
role = AclManager::Role.first
role.acls << AclManager::Acl.first
user = User.first
user.roles << role

6. Add Acl Manager filter to your controllers

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
  before_filter :authenticate_user!, :authorizate_user!
  ...
end

Usage

Create a role list to user form

= f.collection_check_boxes :role_ids, AclManager::Role.all, :id, :name do |ff|
  = f.label
  = f.check_box

Translate role name

activerecord.attributes.acl_manager.role.#{role_name}

License

This project rocks and uses MIT-LICENSE.