[Zope] User as Base Class?

Ingo Assenmacher ass@Pool.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE
Fri, 5 May 2000 12:36:25 +0200 (MET DST)


Hi Chris.

On Fri, 5 May 2000, Chris Withers wrote:

> I guess I'm wondering why User is available as a base class if you can't use it
> to provide a modified user...
> 
> Any ideas anyone?

I think that is for the purpose of a "roll-your-own" user folder, since
User-class offers some vital methods for authentication
I think that standard acl-user-folders are, for the sake of simplicity
limited to add standard user-objects.

Regards, Ingo.