function authorize_access_allowed in Drupal 7

Same name and namespace in other branches

1. 8 core/authorize.php \authorize_access_allowed()
2. 9 core/authorize.php \authorize_access_allowed()
3. 10 core/authorize.php \authorize_access_allowed()

Determines if the current user is allowed to run authorize.php.

The killswitch in settings.php overrides all else, otherwise, the user must have access to the 'administer software updates' permission.

Return value

TRUE if the current user can run authorize.php, and FALSE if not.

1 call to authorize_access_allowed()

authorize.php in ./authorize.php

Administrative script for running authorized file operations.

File

./authorize.php, line 57

Administrative script for running authorized file operations.

Code

function authorize_access_allowed() {
  return variable_get('allow_authorize_operations', TRUE) && user_access('administer software updates');
}