class Ability include CanCan::Ability def initialize(user) user ||= User.new if user.persisted? can :manage, Domain, :user_id => user.id can :manage, Record, :domain => {:user_id => user.id} cannot :delete, SOA # it's deleted with the parent domain end # The first argument to `can` is the action you are giving the user permission to do. # If you pass :manage it will apply to every action. Other common actions here are # :read, :create, :update and :destroy. # # The second argument is the resource the user can perform the action on. If you pass # :all it will apply to every resource. Otherwise pass a Ruby class of the resource. # # The third argument is an optional hash of conditions to further filter the objects. # For example, here the user can only update published articles. # # can :update, Article, :published => true # # See the wiki for details: https://github.com/ryanb/cancan/wiki/Defining-Abilities end end