Question

I want set different access for different modules.

I tried out

$this->allow($role, $module, $controller, $action);

or

$this->allow($role, $module . ':' . $controller, $action);

But this does not seem to work.

Any ideas??

Answer 1

To setup acl correctly you need to define roles, resources and permissions.

E.g.

$this->addRole(new Zend_Acl_Role('guests'));

$this->add(new Zend_Acl_Resource('default'))
     ->add(new Zend_Acl_REsource('default:index'), 'default');

$this->allow('guests', 'default:index', array('index', 'error'));

This is a module based structure. So first you define a role. Then you define the module resource which is default. Index is the IndexController. And finally you set the actions that user of type guest should be able to access as array.

The second line of code in your question seems to be ok so there might be a problem anywhere else. Check out some resources:

Documentation: Zend_Acl

How To: Zend Framework 1.8 tutorial 5 zend_acl with zend_auth and controller plugin