Managing user permissions on an object

Michael_Grantham

Hi,

How can one manage the permissions of another user (NT user) on a given object using EWS?

Regards,
Michael

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sgrasley

Hi, Michael.

The *NodeRight* methods on the DocumentManagement service can be used for retrieving and manipulating the permissions on nodes in Content Server.

These methods deal with a given right on a given node:
AddNodeRight
RemoveNodeRight
UpdateNodeRight

These methods deal with all rights for a given node:
GetNodeRights
SetNodeRights

These methods deal with given rights across multiple nodes:
UpdateNodeRightsContext/UpdateNodeRights

Thanks,

Scott

Michael_Grantham

Thanks for your answer Scott. Can I manage permissions of another user on a given object using the methods you've mentioned?

sgrasley

Hi, Michael.

You can as long as long as you have the "Edit Permission" permission for the node in question.

Thanks,

Scott

Michael_Grantham

Thanks again Scott, I've got that working. Now hopefully my last question on the topic:

Assuming I have a folder with n child objects, could I add permission for that folder and all its sub-items all in one call using EWS? I could obvious iterate through the subitems and apply permissions accordingly, but is there a way to do this at one go?

sgrasley

Hi, Michael.

Calling UpdateNodeRightsContext followed by calls to UpdateNodeRights would be the way to go. It's similar to using the UI to apply updates to "this item & sub-items".

Thanks,

Scott