NAME

       acl.php - manages Access Control Lists (ACLs) for CakePHP applications

SYNOPSIS

       acl.php <command> <arg1> <arg2> ...

DESCRIPTION

       The acl.php script manages Access Control Lists (ACLs) for CakePHP applications.

OPTIONS

       create aro|aco <link_id> <parent_id> <alias>
              Creates  a new ACL object under the parent specified by <parent_id>, an id/alias (see 'view'). The
              link_id allows you to link a user object to Cake's ACL structures. The alias parameter allows  you
              to address your object using a non-integer ID.

              Example:  "acl.php  create  aro  57 0 John" would create a new ARO object at the root of the tree,
              linked to 57 in your users table, with an internal alias `John'.

       delete aro|aco <id>
              Deletes the ACL object with the specified ID (see `view').

       setParent aro|aco <id> <parent_id>
              Used to set the parent of the ACL object specified by <id> to the ID specified by <parent_id>.

       getPath aro|aco <id>
              Returns the path to the ACL object specified by <id>. This command is is useful in determining the
              inhertiance of permissions for a certain object in the tree.

       grant <aro_id> <aco_id> <aco_action>
              Use  this command to grant ACL permissions. Once executed, the ARO specified (and its children, if
              any) will have ALLOW access to the specified ACO action (and the ACO's children, if any).

       deny <aro_id> <aco_id> <aco_action>
              Use this command to deny ACL permissions. Once executed, the ARO specified (and its  children,  if
              any) will have DENY access to the specified ACO action (and the ACO's children, if any).

       inherit <aro_id> <aco_id> <aco_action>
              Use this command to force a child ARO object to inherit its permissions settings from its parent.

       view aro|aco [id]
              The  view  command  will return the ARO or ACO tree. The optional id/alias parameter allows you to
              return only a portion of the requested tree.

       initdb Use this command to create the database tables needed to use DB ACL.

       -app   Absolute path to Cake's app directory

       -core  Absolute path to Cake's cake directory

       -root  Absolute path to Cake's /app/webroot directory

       -datasource
              CakePHP datasource name

       help   Displays help message.

SEE ALSO

       bake.php(1).

AUTHOR

       acl.php was written by Larry E. Masters <phpnut@gmail.com>.

       This manual page was written by Chris Lamb <chris@chris-lamb.co.uk>, for the Debian project (but  may  be
       used by others).

                                                 March 19, 2007                                       ACL.PHP(1)