topic AuthorityService: problem removing an authority group in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/authorityservice-problem-removing-an-authority-group/m-p/171172#M124437 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>It is not totally clear to me how to </SPAN><STRONG>create </STRONG><SPAN>and </SPAN><STRONG>delete </STRONG><SPAN>a </SPAN><STRONG>GROUP (authority group)</STRONG><SPAN> using the AuthorityService Java class.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><STRONG>Creating a GROUP </STRONG><SPAN>using the </SPAN><STRONG>createAuthority</STRONG><SPAN>(AuthorityType.GROUP,parentGroupName,groupName) method works: a new GROUP is created and visibile into Alfresco.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><STRONG>Deleting a GROUP </STRONG><SPAN>using the </SPAN><STRONG>deleteAuthority</STRONG><SPAN>(groupName) seems not to work as I thought. The group previously created using the createAuthority() method still remains in the repository as is visibile in the web administration console. Why? Maybe the procedure of deleting a GROUP is different and more complex?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Taking a look at another prevoius post</SPAN><BR /><EM><A href="http://forums.alfresco.com/viewtopic.php?t=8327&amp;highlight=authorityservice+deleteauthority" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://forums.alfresco.com/viewtopic.php?t=8327&amp;highlight=authorityservice+deleteauthority</A></EM><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Andy says that "The authority is deleted via the node serivce", but what does it mean exactly? Should I delete a GROUP authority using the nodeService instead of the authorityService?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Some clarification will be very appreciated.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>All the best,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Sergio</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:28:20 GMT sergio 2008-02-29T08:28:20Z AuthorityService: problem removing an authority group https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/authorityservice-problem-removing-an-authority-group/m-p/171172#M124437 Hi.It is not totally clear to me how to create and delete a GROUP (authority group) using the AuthorityService Java class.Creating a GROUP using the createAuthority(AuthorityType.GROUP,parentGroupName,groupName) method works: a new GROUP is created and visibile into Alfresco.Deleting a GROUP using t Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:28:20 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/authorityservice-problem-removing-an-authority-group/m-p/171172#M124437 sergio 2008-02-29T08:28:20Z Re: AuthorityService: problem removing an authority group https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/authorityservice-problem-removing-an-authority-group/m-p/171173#M124438 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>You should delete the group as described. You need to use the full name of the group - prefixed with GROUP.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Take a look at the tests.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Andy</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:14:33 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/authorityservice-problem-removing-an-authority-group/m-p/171173#M124438 andy 2008-03-14T11:14:33Z Re: AuthorityService: problem removing an authority group https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/authorityservice-problem-removing-an-authority-group/m-p/171174#M124439 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Ok Andy, thanks.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Done. It works. Now I have a problem with users, but this will be another story (and post).</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>See you soon.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:33:39 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/authorityservice-problem-removing-an-authority-group/m-p/171174#M124439 sergio 2008-03-14T11:33:39Z