topic Re: User authorization to start processes based on their groups in Alfresco Archive

User authorization to start processes based on their groups

hamotahari — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 12:05:45 GMT

Hi,There is ProcessDefinitionQuery.startableByUser(String userId)‍ to check if a special user is in the list of a process candidate start users.How is it possible to check for candidate start groups?I seek for somthing like: ProcessDefinitionQuery.startableByGroups(Set<String> userGroups)‍ In

Re: User authorization to start processes based on their groups

trademak — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:00:40 GMT

Hi,

That's already how the startableByUser method works.
It also checks the groups the user is in and validates that against the candidate groups defined in the process authorization.

Best regards,

Re: User authorization to start processes based on their groups

hamotahari — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:08:06 GMT

Thanks a lot.
But what if we use a customized identity manager? For example if we use LDAP users and groups?

Re: User authorization to start processes based on their groups

jbarrez — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:02:00 GMT

If the manager for users/groups is correctly plugged, the candidate groups should come from LDAP.