Javascript - 'run as', authenticate as another user

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fx3000se

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Can a Javascript be run as another user, or can I authenticate (getting another authentication context, ticket) as another user within the script?

t_broyer

This topic is somehow linked/related to to this http://forums.alfresco.com/en/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=16666#p55979

Can a Javascript be run as another user, or can I authenticate (getting another authentication context, ticket) as another user within the script?

I wrote an extension that wraps AuthenticationUtil.runAs(…) to allow running a javascript function as "system" (I have no need for specifying a specific user). For obvious security reasons, this is only available for scripts stored on the classpath (most webscripts): you wouldn't want a user to drop a script in Data Dictionary/Scripts that allows him to impersonate and do things on behalf of another user?

Usage:

var result = ubic.utils.runAsSystem(function() {
    // here, the current user used for ACL checking is "system"
  });
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I can't contribute the code but it's really easy to write your own (the AuthenticationUtil.RunAsWork implementation is no more than 2 lines long!)