Preventing users login from non authorized area

Question

To avoid me 403 errors when a user tries to access a forbidden area and avoid user sign in into that area I need to prevent users from logging if do not have the proper credentials.

Let me explain a little better, suppose I'm the X user ROLE_USER, user X can access the frontend but should not be able to log into the backend, just as we have the user Y and ROLE_ADMIN, user Y could log into the backend but not in the frontend, do understand me? How I can accomplish this?

Answer 1

Assuming that your routes are correctly secured, you have to hide / show links to restricted areas in your twig templates.

From the Symfony2 doc :

{% if is_granted('ROLE_ADMIN') %}
    <a href="...">LogIntoBackend</a>
{% endif %}

Related :

• Symfony2 security functions in Twig? How to check the user's role?
• Symfony2: How to hide link in Twig based on permissions

Answer 2

lets assume that I'm user Adam with role 'ROLE_ADMIN'. I can't login to frontend.

You should simple add this code to your controllers:

  if( $this->get('security.context')->isGranted('YOUR ROLE') )
            return new Response('yea!');

So, If you want to secure BackendController and let to login users with 'ROLE_ADMIN' you should add this code:

if( $this->get('security.context')->isGranted('ROLE_ADMIN') )
                return new Response('You are granted to see this site.');

This code checks if current user (me) has role ROLE_ADMIN. If you want to check if user has 'ROLE_ADMIN' AND doesn't have 'ROLE_USER' just add:

$security = $this->get('security.context');
if( $security->isGranted('ROLE_ADMIN') && !$security->isGranted('ROLE_USER') )
                    return new Response('You are not granted to see this site.');