Index: trunk/globals.php
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diff -u -r4596 -r4698
--- trunk/globals.php	(.../globals.php)	(revision 4596)
+++ trunk/globals.php	(.../globals.php)	(revision 4698)
@@ -2053,5 +2053,29 @@
 		}
 		return GetVar($field_name);
 	}
+	
+	function checkActionPermission($action_mapping, $action)
+	{
+		$application =& kApplication::Instance();
+		
+		if (!isset($action_mapping[$action])) {
+			// if no permission mapping defined, then action is allowed in any case
+			return true;
+		}
+		
+		$perm_status = false;
+		$action_mapping = explode('|', $action_mapping[$action]);					
+		foreach ($action_mapping as $perm_name) {
+			$perm_status = $application->CheckPermission($perm_name, 1);
+			if ($perm_status) {
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		
+		if (!$perm_status) {
+			$application->Redirect($application->IsAdmin() ? 'no_permission' : $application->ConfigValue('NoPermissionTemplate'), null, '', 'index.php');
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
 
 ?>