Apply security permissions to Sub Items

venkat_talla

Hi All,

I  developped custom method by using Content Server .NET web services. I am able to apply security to Folder successfully. I needs to apply same security to Sub Folders and Documents under that folder dynamically through Web Service method. Below method called while applying.

objDocumentClient.AddNodeRight( ref objDocumentAuthenticationService, FolderId , AdminRight);

It applied security to that single folder which FolderId i given on above method. I needs to apply same security to sub folders as well through Web service code dynamically.

 

Please suggest me if there are any approaches we have in OpenText web services.

Regards,

Venkat

Pramod_Mohandas

Hi Venkat,

What you need to use here is something called the UpdateNodeRightsContext function. These are ChunkedOperations much similar to how the NodeCrawlers work inside of OScript.

You first create a context of what sort of permission you would like the sub-items to receive and then propagate it using the propagation parameter of the same function. 

For example, if I would like to revoke all Public access from within a folder and its sub-folder items, I would do something like this. (C#)

Note the RightPropagation and the RightOperation options that defines the permission sets.

//------------------------//

ChunkedOperationContext revokePublicCtxt = new ChunkedOperationContext ();

NodePermissions perms = new NodePermissions ();

NodeRight [] rights = new NodeRight [1];

rights[0] = new NodeRight ();

rights[0].Type = "Public" ;

rights[0].Permissions = perms;

revokePublicCtxt = fDocService.UpdateNodeRightsContext( ref fDocServiceAuthentication, pkg.ID, RightOperation .Delete, rights, RightPropagation .TargetAndChildren);

NodeRightUpdateInfo grantInfo = new NodeRightUpdateInfo ();

do

{

grantInfo = fDocService.UpdateNodeRights( ref fDocServiceAuthentication, revokePublicCtxt);

} while (grantInfo.Context.Finished == false );

//------------------------//

 

I believe that this should give you some idea on where to start.

 

Thanks,

Pramod Mohandas