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How to add user to administrator group in Java backed WS?

manish — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:54:27 GMT

I am creating user in my Java backed webscript and I want to make this user administrator. How can I add this newly created user to the "Administrator" group?I tried this, but it throws error - authorityService.addAuthority("Administrators", userName);How can I achieve this?TIA,- Manish

Re: How to add user to administrator group in Java backed WS?

manish — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:42:29 GMT

I got this working with this 2 lines of code -

final String adminGroup = authorityService.getName(AuthorityType.GROUP, "ALFRESCO_ADMINISTRATORS");
authorityService.addAuthority(adminGroup, userName);

I just needed the right string for Authority.

rgds,
- Manish