topic Re: system vs admin in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/system-vs-admin/m-p/286138#M239268 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>runas="system" should be preferred when you need to run a piece of code with elevated permissions, e.g. because it is an inherent part of a functionality and should not be restricted by user permissions. runas="admin" can be problematic because the "admin" is a real user and may be deleted - once that happens, any runas="admin" code will cease to work. We just had an issue discussed on the IRC channel #alfresco this week where exactly this happened and broke a major feature for the user.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Regards</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Axel</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 15 Jan 2015 09:20:13 GMT afaust 2015-01-15T09:20:13Z system vs admin https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/system-vs-admin/m-p/286137#M239267 I have searched these forum and Google to try and find any words of wisdom as to the difference between runas="system" and runas="admin" Wed, 14 Jan 2015 18:18:51 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/system-vs-admin/m-p/286137#M239267 rjohnson 2015-01-14T18:18:51Z Re: system vs admin https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/system-vs-admin/m-p/286138#M239268 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>runas="system" should be preferred when you need to run a piece of code with elevated permissions, e.g. because it is an inherent part of a functionality and should not be restricted by user permissions. runas="admin" can be problematic because the "admin" is a real user and may be deleted - once that happens, any runas="admin" code will cease to work. We just had an issue discussed on the IRC channel #alfresco this week where exactly this happened and broke a major feature for the user.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Regards</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Axel</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 15 Jan 2015 09:20:13 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/system-vs-admin/m-p/286138#M239268 afaust 2015-01-15T09:20:13Z Re: system vs admin https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/system-vs-admin/m-p/286139#M239269 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Understood. Many thanks</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 15 Jan 2015 13:36:58 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/system-vs-admin/m-p/286139#M239269 rjohnson 2015-01-15T13:36:58Z