Web Authorization

The web authorization is implemented using cancan gem https://github.com/ryanb/cancan. The basic building blocks are permissions. User's authorization depends on whether he has the right permission or not. You can assign a permission to a user through roles. Role is a group of permissions which can be assigned to a user.

• Create a new role by navigating to the users tab and click on the roles link in the sidebar.
• Once the role is create it will be available to in the users create/edit page where you can assign it to a user.

To introduce new permission you need a code change refer the cancan gem to introduce new permission into rapidFTR.