# Authlogic Administration

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authlogic-administration/173962>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 18, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authlogic-administration/173962 "2009-08-18T19:03:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![little\_kostas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@little\_kostas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/little_kostas)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authlogic-administration/173962/1 "2009-08-18T19:03:19Z")

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Hi guys,  
i’ve created user authentication using Authlogic and it works like a  
charm!! But how can i use authlogic to authorize my administrator so  
that he can se a diffenent menu?  
All admin controllers and views are i a separate folder app/admin.

Thanx in advance  
Kostas L.

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**Author:** ![little\_kostas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@little\_kostas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/little_kostas)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authlogic-administration/173962/2 "2009-08-18T19:13:10Z")

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Kostas L. wrote:

> Hi guys,  
> i’ve created user authentication using Authlogic and it works like a  
> charm!! But how can i use authlogic to authorize my administrator so  
> that he can se a diffenent menu?

You might like to use something like rails\_authorization.

## Best,

Marnen Laibow-Koser  
[http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org)  
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**Author:** ![little\_kostas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@little\_kostas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/little_kostas)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 7:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authlogic-administration/173962/3 "2009-08-18T19:20:53Z")

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Hi Marmen,  
and thanx for the fast response!  
You say that i cant do admin authorize with Authlogic or is it better  
to use rails\_authorization instead Authlogic?? i have just inserted  
Authlogic to my app and i dont want to change it again.  
Thanx again

On Aug 18, 8:13 pm, Marnen Laibow-Koser \<rails-mailing-l…@andreas-

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**Author:** ![little\_kostas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@little\_kostas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/little_kostas)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 7:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authlogic-administration/173962/4 "2009-08-20T19:24:28Z")

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Hi,  
I just set up acl9. It is very simple to set up, the syntax is simple  
and nice. It depends how complex authorisation you want to use. I  
found Acl9 to be refered as authorisation for simple cases… but as I  
found it is possible to cover quite nice set of needs.

bw, Gyuri

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**Author:** ![little\_kostas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@little\_kostas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/little_kostas)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 11:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authlogic-administration/173962/5 "2009-08-18T23:50:11Z")

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Kostas L. wrote:

> Hi Marmen,  
> and thanx for the fast response!  
> You say that i cant do admin authorize with Authlogic or is it better  
> to use rails\_authorization instead Authlogic??

I’m saying that you probably want to use both. Authlogic takes care of  
_authentication_, while rails\_authorization deals with _authorization_.  
They’re different concerns.

> i have just inserted  
> Authlogic to my app and i dont want to change it again.

You probably don’t need to change that part.

> Thanx again

## Best,

Marnen Laibow-Koser  
[http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org)  
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid

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**Author:** ![little\_kostas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@little\_kostas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/little_kostas)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2009, 4:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authlogic-administration/173962/6 "2009-08-22T16:40:33Z")

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Hi guys! Thank u all for your answers. I will check them out!  
Probably i will use acl9 cause i want to use some simple  
authotization.  
Thanx for your time!!  
Best  
Kostas