custom webscript giving 500 Internal Error

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nancyaggarwal

Hi,

I am integrating my application with alfresco using external authentication. now there is a need for adding logged in user to a group in alfresco and for that i have written webscript as below:

AddUserToGroup.get.desc.xml

<webscript>

 

  <shortname>AddUserToGroup</shortname>

 

  <description>AddUserToGroup</description>

 

  <url>/auth/AddUserToGroup/{user}</url>

 

  <format default="html">argument</format>

 

  <authentication>user</authentication>

 

  <transaction>none</transaction>

 

</webscript>
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AddUserToGroup.get.js

var paramvalue=url.extension;
var user = people.getPerson(paramvalue);

 

var group = people.getGroup("GROUP_test");

 

 

 

if (user == undefined)

 

{

 

   status.code = 404;

 

   status.message = "User not found";

 

   status.redirect = true;

 

}

 

else if (group == undefined)

 

{

 

   status.code = 404;

 

   status.message = "Group not found";

 

   status.redirect = true;

 

}

 

else

 

{

 

   people.addAuthority(group,user);

 

}
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AddUserToGroup.get.html.ftl

<html>

 

   <head>

 

      <title>Groups</title>

 

   </head>

 

   <body>

 

      User assigned to group

 

   </body>

 

</html>
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I am accessing the above webscript as
HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
      GetMethod method = new GetMethod("http://localhost:8080/alfresco/wcservice/auth/AddUserToGroup/test");
       method.setRequestHeader("SSO_Remote_User", test);

int statusCode = client.executeMethod(method);

if (statusCode != HttpStatus.SC_OK) {
   System.out.println(statusCode);
   return;
}
   }


but this is giving me error as 500 - Internal Error
Access Denied. You do not have the appropriate permissions to perform this operation.


I have set authentication = user then it is giving me access denied exception.


Please help me with this.


Regards,
Nancy

darkredd

Hi Nancy,

As per the error you're getting, you have not the permission to modify the group in your

people.addAuthority(group,user)‍

line.
Adding members to a group is an administrator's task, and I'm guessing the person logged in is not an admin or does not have admin rights to perform such an action.

Trying logging in with Admin user and test, if that works then execute your webscript as admin.