Liferay role management & authorization 2009

LIFERAY PORTAL AUTHORIZATION

&
ROLE MANAGEMENT

Author: Pawan Modi

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Architecture

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Demo Description
1. Demo use 3 roles i.e MyRole, TestRole & TestRole2.
2. Demo use 3 user’s i.e pawan, suresh & arun. Pawan belongs to Role MyRole. Suresh
belongs to Role TestRole. Arun belongs to Role TestRole2.
3. Demo uses 2 IFrame portlets.
4. MyRole has permission to view & config IFrame portlets.
5. TestRole has permission only to view IFrame portlets.
6. TestRole2 doesn’t have permission to view / config IFrame portlets.
7. Following snapshots demonstrate the same.

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MyRole1
1a] User pawan belongs to Role “MyRole1”.

Figure 2

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TestRole
1b] User suresh belongs to Role “TestRole”.

Figure 3

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TestRole2
1c] User arun belongs to Role “TestRole2”.

Figure 4

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MyRole Permissions

2a] Role MyRole has permissions to view & config IFrame portlet.

Figure 5

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TestRole Permissions
2b] Role TestRole has permissions only to view IFrame portlet.

Figure 6

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TestRole2 Permission
2c] Role TestRole2 doesn’t have permissions to view or config IFrame portlet.

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Demo
1] User has not logged in.

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2a] User pawan belongs to Role “MyRole1”.

2b] User pawan is logging in.

Figure 9

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3a] Role MyRole has permissions to view & config IFrame portlet.
3b] User pawan belong to Role MyRole.
3c] User pawan can view & config IFrame portlet.

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4] User pawan logging out.

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5a] User suresh belongs to Role “TestRole”.

5b] User suresh is logging in.

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6a] Role TestRole has permissions only to view IFrame portlets.

6b] User suresh belong to Role TestRole.
6c] User suresh can only view but cannot config IFrame portlets.

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7] User suresh logging out.

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8a] User arun belongs to Role “TestRole2”.

8b] User arun is logging in.

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9a] Role TestRole2 doesn’t has permissions to view or config IFrame portlet.
9b] User arun belong to Role TestRole2.
9c] User arun doesn’t view or config IFrame portlet.

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10] User arun logging out.

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11] User has not logged in & not having permission to view or config IFrame portlet.

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