phoet · December 17, 2010 15:35 · Jan 12, 2011 · Dec 17, 2010 · Dec 17, 2010
diff --git a/rails_admin_without_devise.rb b/rails_admin_without_devise.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,24 @@ def can_admin?
       raise CanCan::AccessDenied if current_user.nil? || !current_user.admin?
     end
   end
+
+module RailsAdmin
+  class ApplicationController < ::ApplicationController
+    before_filter :can_admin?
+
+    private
+
+    def can_admin?
+      raise CanCan::AccessDenied if current_user.nil? || !current_user.admin?
+    end
+  end
+
+  # latest commits introduced new dependencies to devise...
+  DEFAULT_CURRENT_USER = Proc.new do
+    #return nil unless resource = Devise::mappings.keys.first {|r| signed_in?(r)}
+    send("current_user")
+  end
+
 end
 
 # RailsAdmin needs two additional things to get it working with my OmniAuth setup

diff --git a/rails_admin_without_devise.rb b/rails_admin_without_devise.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 # looks like it's broken, but it just does not install devise
 # you may also remove the app/config/locales/devise.en.yml
 rails generate rails_admin:install_admin
+# create the history entity
+rake db:migrate
 
 # create an initializer for using CanCan with RailsAdmin
 # found here: http://everydayrails.com/2010/12/17/rails-admin-panel.html

diff --git a/rails_admin_without_devise.rb b/rails_admin_without_devise.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# add RailsAdmin to the Gemfile
+# do NOT add devise
+gem "rails_admin", :git => "git://github.com/sferik/rails_admin.git"
+
+# run Bundler
+bundle
+
+# run the generator for RailsAdmin
+# looks like it's broken, but it just does not install devise
+# you may also remove the app/config/locales/devise.en.yml
+rails generate rails_admin:install_admin
+
+# create an initializer for using CanCan with RailsAdmin
+# found here: http://everydayrails.com/2010/12/17/rails-admin-panel.html
+# config/initializers/rails_admin.rb
+require "rails_admin/application_controller"
+
+module RailsAdmin
+  class ApplicationController < ::ApplicationController
+    before_filter :can_admin?
+
+    private
+
+    def can_admin?
+      raise CanCan::AccessDenied if current_user.nil? || !current_user.admin?
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+# RailsAdmin needs two additional things to get it working with my OmniAuth setup
+# 1. an email attribute on the User class, which i simply redirected to the nickname
+# app/models/user.rb
+def email
+  nickname
+end
+
+# 2. a logout route that matches Devises name schema
+# config/routes.rb
+match '/auth/destroy_user_session', :to => 'sessions#destroy_user_session', :as => :destroy_user_session
+
+# this simply redirects to the original logout
+# app/controllers/sessions_controller.rb
+def destroy_user_session
+  redirect_to destroy_session_path
+end