Predefined values for ACL action, for common user groups

Question

Example, I have the action in access.xml:

<action name="com_something.someaction" title="someaction" />

And I want to set it to "Allow for the Public User group" by default.

I there a simple way to do it, without putting the values directly to the database using the installation script?

Answer 1

The Controller is the final responsible to check for ACL actions. If you override and implement your own logic, you can disable the check or implement a different control.

For example, a disabled ACL check in a re-implemented JControllerForm allowAdd method:

protected function allowAdd($data = array())
{
    // $user = JFactory::getUser();
    // return ($user->authorise('core.create', $this->option) || count($user->getAuthorisedCategories($this->option, 'core.create')));

    // Everyone can add
    return true;
}