From 1cb1104f983ca92695ca24cb79ad6bfbb432aad3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve Piercy Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2016 00:31:01 -0800 Subject: clean up principal and userid glossary entries for grammar, rst syntax --- docs/glossary.rst | 30 +++++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/glossary.rst b/docs/glossary.rst index 60f03f000..2683ff369 100644 --- a/docs/glossary.rst +++ b/docs/glossary.rst @@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ Glossary object *location-aware*. permission - A string or unicode object that represents an action being taken against + A string or Unicode object that represents an action being taken against a :term:`context` resource. A permission is associated with a view name and a resource type by the developer. Resources are decorated with security declarations (e.g. an :term:`ACL`), which reference these @@ -291,22 +291,22 @@ Glossary :term:`authorization policy`. principal - A *principal* is a string or unicode object representing an - entity, typically a user or group. Principals are provided by an - :term:`authentication policy`. For example, if a user had the - :term:`userid` `"bob"`, and was part of two groups named `"group foo"` - and "group bar", the request might have information attached to - it that would indicate that Bob was represented by three - principals: `"bob"`, `"group foo"` and `"group bar"`. + A *principal* is a string or Unicode object representing an entity, + typically a user or group. Principals are provided by an + :term:`authentication policy`. For example, if a user has the + :term:`userid` `bob`, and is a member of two groups named `group foo` and + `group bar`, then the request might have information attached to it + indicating that Bob was represented by three principals: `bob`, `group + foo` and `group bar`. userid - A *userid* is a string or unicode object used to identify and - authenticate a real-world user (or client). A userid is - supplied to an :term:`authentication policy` in order to discover - the user's :term:`principals `. The default behavior - of the authentication policies :app:`Pyramid` provides is to - return the user's userid as a principal, but this is not strictly - necessary in custom policies that define their principals differently. + A *userid* is a string or Unicode object used to identify and authenticate + a real-world user or client. A userid is supplied to an + :term:`authentication policy` in order to discover the user's + :term:`principals `. In the authentication policies which + :app:`Pyramid` provides, the default behavior returns the user's userid as + a principal, but this is not strictly necessary in custom policies that + define their principals differently. authorization policy An authorization policy in :app:`Pyramid` terms is a bit of -- cgit v1.2.3