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+ </DIV>
+<H1><A name="Managingusersandgroups%28jackrabbit.usermanager%29-Managingusersandgroups"></A>Managing users and groups</H1>
+
+<P>The <TT>jackrabbit-usermanager</TT> bundle delivers a REST interface to create, update and delete users and groups in the JCR. After installing the <TT>jackrabbit-usermanager</TT> bundle all REST services are exposed under the path /system/userManager.</P>
+
+<DIV>
+<UL>
+ <LI><A href="#Managingusersandgroups%2528jackrabbit.usermanager%2529-Listusers">List users</A></LI>
+ <LI><A href="#Managingusersandgroups%2528jackrabbit.usermanager%2529-Getuser">Get user</A></LI>
+ <LI><A href="#Managingusersandgroups%2528jackrabbit.usermanager%2529-Createuser">Create user</A></LI>
+ <LI><A href="#Managingusersandgroups%2528jackrabbit.usermanager%2529-Updateuser">Update user</A></LI>
+ <LI><A href="#Managingusersandgroups%2528jackrabbit.usermanager%2529-Changepassword">Change password</A></LI>
+ <LI><A href="#Managingusersandgroups%2528jackrabbit.usermanager%2529-Deleteuser">Delete user</A></LI>
+ <LI><A href="#Managingusersandgroups%2528jackrabbit.usermanager%2529-Listgroups">List groups</A></LI>
+ <LI><A href="#Managingusersandgroups%2528jackrabbit.usermanager%2529-Getgroup">Get group</A></LI>
+ <LI><A href="#Managingusersandgroups%2528jackrabbit.usermanager%2529-Creategroup">Create group</A></LI>
+ <LI><A href="#Managingusersandgroups%2528jackrabbit.usermanager%2529-Updategroup">Update group</A></LI>
+ <LI><A href="#Managingusersandgroups%2528jackrabbit.usermanager%2529-Deletegroup">Delete group</A></LI>
+ <LI><A href="#Managingusersandgroups%2528jackrabbit.usermanager%2529-AutomatedTests">Automated Tests</A></LI>
+ <LI><A href="#Managingusersandgroups%2528jackrabbit.usermanager%2529-Permissionscheckingfromscripts">Permissions checking from scripts</A></LI>
+ <LI><A href="#Managingusersandgroups%2528jackrabbit.usermanager%2529-SampleUserInterfaceImplementation">Sample User Interface Implementation</A></LI>
+</UL></DIV>
+
+<H2><A name="Managingusersandgroups%28jackrabbit.usermanager%29-Listusers"></A>List users</H2>
+
+<P>To list existing users a GET request to the <TT>/system/userManager/user</TT> resource can be posted. Depending on the configuration of the Default GET Servlet and/or the availability of a Servlet or Script handling the <TT>sling/users</TT> resource type, a result may be delivered.</P>
+
+<P>Example with curl and the default JSON rendering:</P>
+<DIV class="preformatted panel" style="border-width: 1px;"><DIV class="preformattedContent panelContent">
+<PRE>$ curl http://localhost:8080/system/userManager/user.tidy.1.json
+{
+ "admin": {
+ "memberOf": [],
+ "declaredMemberOf": []
+ },
+ "anonymous": {
+ "memberOf": [],
+ "declaredMemberOf": []
+ }
+}
+</PRE>
+</DIV></DIV>
+
+<H2><A name="Managingusersandgroups%28jackrabbit.usermanager%29-Getuser"></A>Get user</H2>
+<P><EM>since version 2.0.8</EM><BR>
+The properties of a single user can be retrieved by sending a GET request to the user's resource at <TT>/system/userManager/user/username</TT> where <EM>username</EM> would be replaced with the name of the user. Depending on the configuration of the Default GET Servlet and/or the availability of a Servlet or Script handling the <TT>sling/user</TT> resource type, a result may be delivered.</P>
+
+<P>Example with curl and the default JSON rendering:</P>
+<DIV class="preformatted panel" style="border-width: 1px;"><DIV class="preformattedContent panelContent">
+<PRE>$ curl http://localhost:8080/system/userManager/user/admin.tidy.1.json
+{
+ "memberOf": [],
+ "declaredMemberOf": []
+}
+</PRE>
+</DIV></DIV>
+
+<P>If a non-existing user is requested a 404/NOT FOUND status is sent back.</P>
+
+
+<H2><A name="Managingusersandgroups%28jackrabbit.usermanager%29-Createuser"></A>Create user</H2>
+
+<P>To create a new user POST a request to <TT>/system/userManager/user.create.<html or json></TT>. The following parameters are available:</P>
+<DIV class="table-wrap">
+<TABLE class="confluenceTable"><TBODY>
+<TR>
+<TH class="confluenceTh"> parameter name <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TH>
+<TH class="confluenceTh"> required <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TH>
+<TH class="confluenceTh"> description <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TH>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> :name <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> yes <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> The name of the new user <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> pwd <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> yes <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> The password of the new user <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> pwdConfirm <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> yes <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> The password of the new user (confirming the value of pwd) <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> <anyproperty> <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> optional <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> Additional parameters will be stored as node properties in the JCR <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+</TR>
+</TBODY></TABLE>
+</DIV>
+
+<P>Responses:</P>
+<DIV class="table-wrap">
+<TABLE class="confluenceTable"><TBODY>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> 200 </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> Success, a redirect is sent to the users resource locator with HTML (or JSON) describing status. </TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> 500 <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> Failure, including user already exists. HTML (or JSON) explains failure. </TD>
+</TR>
+</TBODY></TABLE>
+</DIV>
+
+<P>Example with curl:</P>
+<DIV class="preformatted panel" style="border-width: 1px;"><DIV class="preformattedContent panelContent">
+<PRE>curl -F:name=myuser -Fpwd=password -FpwdConfirm=password -Fanyproperty1=value1 \
+ http://localhost:8080/system/userManager/user.create.html
+</PRE>
+</DIV></DIV>
+
+
+<H2><A name="Managingusersandgroups%28jackrabbit.usermanager%29-Updateuser"></A>Update user</H2>
+
+<P>To update an existing user POST a request to <TT>/system/userManager/user/username.update.<html or json></TT>. You can NOT update the username or the password (see Change Password below) only the additional properties are updateable through this URL. The following parameters are available:</P>
+<DIV class="table-wrap">
+<TABLE class="confluenceTable"><TBODY>
+<TR>
+<TH class="confluenceTh"> parameter name <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TH>
+<TH class="confluenceTh"> required <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TH>
+<TH class="confluenceTh"> description <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TH>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> :disabled <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> optional <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> (since version 2.1.1) If true, disables the user to block further login attempts. If false, enables a disabled user. <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> :disabledReason <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> optional <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> Specifies the reason why a user has been disabled. <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> <anyproperty> <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> optional <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> Additional parameters will be stored/updated as node properties in the JCR <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> <anyproperty@Delete> <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> optional <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> Properties with @Delete at the end of the name will be deleted in the JCR <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+</TR>
+</TBODY></TABLE>
+</DIV>
+
+<P>Responses:</P>
+<DIV class="table-wrap">
+<TABLE class="confluenceTable"><TBODY>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> 200 </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> Success, a redirect is sent to the users resource locator with HTML (or JSON) describing status. </TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> 404 <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> User was not found </TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> 500 <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> Failure </TD>
+</TR>
+</TBODY></TABLE>
+</DIV>
+
+<P>Example</P>
+<DIV class="preformatted panel" style="border-width: 1px;"><DIV class="preformattedContent panelContent">
+<PRE>curl -Fanyproperty1@Delete -Fproperty2=value2 \
+ http://localhost:8080/system/userManager/user/myuser.update.html
+</PRE>
+</DIV></DIV>
+
+<H2><A name="Managingusersandgroups%28jackrabbit.usermanager%29-Changepassword"></A>Change password</H2>
+
+<P>To change a password of an existing user POST a request to <TT>/system/userManager/user/username.changePassword.<html or json></TT>. NOTE: since version 2.1.1, the oldPwd is optional if the current user is a user administrator. The following parameters are available:</P>
+<DIV class="table-wrap">
+<TABLE class="confluenceTable"><TBODY>
+<TR>
+<TH class="confluenceTh"> parameter name <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TH>
+<TH class="confluenceTh"> required <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TH>
+<TH class="confluenceTh"> description <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TH>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> oldPwd <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> required <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> Old password <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> newPwd <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> required <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> New password <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> newPwdConfrm <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> required <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> New password (confirming the password of newPwd <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+</TR>
+</TBODY></TABLE>
+</DIV>
+
+<P>Responses:</P>
+<DIV class="table-wrap">
+<TABLE class="confluenceTable"><TBODY>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> 200 </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> Success, sent with no body. </TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> 404 <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> User was not found </TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> 500 <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> Failure. HTML (or JSON) explains failure. </TD>
+</TR>
+</TBODY></TABLE>
+</DIV>
+
+<P>Example</P>
+<DIV class="preformatted panel" style="border-width: 1px;"><DIV class="preformattedContent panelContent">
+<PRE>curl -FoldPwd=oldpassword -FnewPwd=newpassword =FnewPwdConfirm=newpassword \
+ http://localhost:8080/system/userManager/user/myuser.changePassword.html
+</PRE>
+</DIV></DIV>
+
+<H2><A name="Managingusersandgroups%28jackrabbit.usermanager%29-Deleteuser"></A>Delete user</H2>
+
+<P>To delete an existing user POST a request to <TT>/system/userManager/user/username.delete.<html or json></TT>. The following parameters are available:</P>
+<DIV class="table-wrap">
+<TABLE class="confluenceTable"><TBODY>
+<TR>
+<TH class="confluenceTh"> parameter name <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TH>
+<TH class="confluenceTh"> required <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TH>
+<TH class="confluenceTh"> description <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TH>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> :applyTo <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> optional <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> An array of relative resource references to users to be deleted. If this parameter is present, the username from the URL is ignored and all listed users are removed. <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+</TR>
+</TBODY></TABLE>
+</DIV>
+
+<P>Responses:</P>
+<DIV class="table-wrap">
+<TABLE class="confluenceTable"><TBODY>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> 200 </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> Success, sent with no body. </TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> 404 <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> User(s) was/were not found </TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> 500 <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> Failure. HTML (or JSON) explains failure. </TD>
+</TR>
+</TBODY></TABLE>
+</DIV>
+
+<P>Example</P>
+<DIV class="preformatted panel" style="border-width: 1px;"><DIV class="preformattedContent panelContent">
+<PRE>curl -Fgo=1 http://localhost:8080/system/userManager/user/myuser.delete.html
+</PRE>
+</DIV></DIV>
+
+<H2><A name="Managingusersandgroups%28jackrabbit.usermanager%29-Listgroups"></A>List groups</H2>
+
+<P>To list existing groups a GET request to the <TT>/system/userManager/group</TT> resource can be sent. Depending on the configuration of the Default GET Servlet and/or the availability of a Servlet or Script handling the <TT>sling/groups</TT> resource type, a result may be delivered.</P>
+
+<P>Example with curl and the default JSON rendering:</P>
+<DIV class="preformatted panel" style="border-width: 1px;"><DIV class="preformattedContent panelContent">
+<PRE>$ curl http://localhost:8080/system/userManager/group.tidy.1.json
+{
+ "UserAdmin": {
+ "members": [],
+ "declaredMembers": [],
+ "memberOf": [],
+ "declaredMemberOf": []
+ },
+ "GroupAdmin": {
+ "members": [],
+ "declaredMembers": [],
+ "memberOf": [],
+ "declaredMemberOf": []
+ },
+ "administrators": {
+ "members": [],
+ "declaredMembers": [],
+ "memberOf": [],
+ "declaredMemberOf": []
+}
+}
+</PRE>
+</DIV></DIV>
+
+<H2><A name="Managingusersandgroups%28jackrabbit.usermanager%29-Getgroup"></A>Get group</H2>
+
+<P>The properties of a single group can be retrieved by sending a GET request to the group's resource at <TT>/system/userManager/group/groupname</TT> where <EM>groupname</EM> would be replaced with the name of the group. Depending on the configuration of the Default GET Servlet and/or the availability of a Servlet or Script handling the <TT>sling/group</TT> resource type, a result may be delivered.</P>
+
+<P>Example with curl and the default JSON rendering:</P>
+<DIV class="preformatted panel" style="border-width: 1px;"><DIV class="preformattedContent panelContent">
+<PRE>$ curl http://localhost:8080/system/userManager/group/administrators.tidy.1.json
+{
+ "members": [],
+ "declaredMembers": [],
+ "memberOf": [],
+ "declaredMemberOf": []
+}
+</PRE>
+</DIV></DIV>
+
+<P>If a non-existing group is requested a 404/NOT FOUND status is sent back.</P>
+
+
+<H2><A name="Managingusersandgroups%28jackrabbit.usermanager%29-Creategroup"></A>Create group</H2>
+
+<P>To create a new group POST a request to <TT>/system/userManager/group.create.<html or json></TT>. The following parameters are available:</P>
+<DIV class="table-wrap">
+<TABLE class="confluenceTable"><TBODY>
+<TR>
+<TH class="confluenceTh"> parameter name <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TH>
+<TH class="confluenceTh"> required <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TH>
+<TH class="confluenceTh"> description <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TH>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> :name <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> yes <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> The name of the new group <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> <anyproperty> <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> optional <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> Additional parameters will be stored as node properties in the JCR <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+</TR>
+</TBODY></TABLE>
+</DIV>
+
+<P>Responses:</P>
+<DIV class="table-wrap">
+<TABLE class="confluenceTable"><TBODY>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> 200 </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> Success, a redirect is sent to the group resource locator with HTML (or JSON) describing status. </TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> 500 <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> Failure, including group already exists. HTML (or JSON) explains failure. </TD>
+</TR>
+</TBODY></TABLE>
+</DIV>
+
+<P>Example with curl:</P>
+<DIV class="preformatted panel" style="border-width: 1px;"><DIV class="preformattedContent panelContent">
+<PRE>curl -F:name=mygroup -Fanyproperty1=value1 \
+ http://localhost:8080/system/userManager/group.create.html
+</PRE>
+</DIV></DIV>
+
+<H2><A name="Managingusersandgroups%28jackrabbit.usermanager%29-Updategroup"></A>Update group</H2>
+
+<P>To update an existing group POST a request to <TT>/system/userManager/group/groupname.update.<html or json></TT>. You can NOT update the name of the group only the additional properties are updateable. The following parameters are available:</P>
+<DIV class="table-wrap">
+<TABLE class="confluenceTable"><TBODY>
+<TR>
+<TH class="confluenceTh"> parameter name <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TH>
+<TH class="confluenceTh"> required <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TH>
+<TH class="confluenceTh"> description <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TH>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> :member <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> optional <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> user(s) (name or URI) to add to the group as a member. Can also be an array of users. <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> :member@Delete <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> optional <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> user(s) (name or URI) to remove from the group. Can also be an array of users. <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> <anyproperty> <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> optional <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> Additional parameters will be stored/updated as node properties in the JCR <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> <anyproperty@Delete> <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> optional <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> Properties with @Delete at the end of the name will be deleted in the JCR <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+</TR>
+</TBODY></TABLE>
+</DIV>
+
+<P>Responses:</P>
+<DIV class="table-wrap">
+<TABLE class="confluenceTable"><TBODY>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> 200 </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> Success, a redirect is sent to the groups resource locator with HTML (or JSON) describing status. </TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> 404 <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> Group was not found </TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> 500 <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> Failure </TD>
+</TR>
+</TBODY></TABLE>
+</DIV>
+
+<P>Example</P>
+<DIV class="preformatted panel" style="border-width: 1px;"><DIV class="preformattedContent panelContent">
+<PRE>curl \-Fanyproperty1@Delete \-Fproperty2=value2 -F ":member=/system/userManager/user/myuser" \
+ http://localhost:8080/system/userManager/group/mygroup.update.html
+</PRE>
+</DIV></DIV>
+
+<H2><A name="Managingusersandgroups%28jackrabbit.usermanager%29-Deletegroup"></A>Delete group</H2>
+
+<P>To delete an existing group POST a request to <TT>/system/userManager/group/groupname.delete.<html or json></TT>. The following parameters are available:</P>
+<DIV class="table-wrap">
+<TABLE class="confluenceTable"><TBODY>
+<TR>
+<TH class="confluenceTh"> parameter name <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TH>
+<TH class="confluenceTh"> required <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TH>
+<TH class="confluenceTh"> description <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TH>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> :applyTo <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> optional <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> An array of relative resource references to groups to be deleted. If this parameter is present, the name of the group from the URL is ignored and all listed groups are removed. <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+</TR>
+</TBODY></TABLE>
+</DIV>
+
+<P>Responses:</P>
+<DIV class="table-wrap">
+<TABLE class="confluenceTable"><TBODY>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> 200 </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> Success, sent with no body. </TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> 404 <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> Group(s) was/were not found </TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> 500 <BR class="atl-forced-newline"> </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> Failure. HTML (or JSON) explains failure. </TD>
+</TR>
+</TBODY></TABLE>
+</DIV>
+
+<P>Example</P>
+<DIV class="preformatted panel" style="border-width: 1px;"><DIV class="preformattedContent panelContent">
+<PRE>curl -Fgo=1 http://localhost:8080/system/userManager/group/mygroup.delete.html
+</PRE>
+</DIV></DIV>
+
+<H2><A name="Managingusersandgroups%28jackrabbit.usermanager%29-AutomatedTests"></A>Automated Tests</H2>
+
+<P>The <A href="http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/sling/trunk/launchpad/testing/src/test/java/org/apache/sling/launchpad/webapp/integrationtest/accessManager/" class="external-link" rel="nofollow">launchpad/testing</A> module contains test classes for various operations of the <TT>jackrabbit-usermanager</TT>. Such tests run as part of our continuous integration process, to demonstrate and verify the behavior of the various operations, in a way that's guaranteed to be in sync with the actual Sling core code. If you have an idea for additional tests, make sure to let us know!</P>
+
+<H2><A name="Managingusersandgroups%28jackrabbit.usermanager%29-Permissionscheckingfromscripts"></A>Permissions checking from scripts</H2>
+
+<P><EM>Since Version 2.0.6</EM></P>
+
+<P>When developing scripts that will perform user or group updates, you may want to know what actions the current user is provisioned to do. This information can be used to conditionally render parts of your page differently based on the user rights.</P>
+
+<P>The jackrabbit.usermanager bundle provides a service (AuthorizablePrivilegesInfo) you can utilize to do help with this permission checking.</P>
+
+<P>The AuthorizablePrivilegesInfo provides methods for checking the following actions</P>
+<DIV class="table-wrap">
+<TABLE class="confluenceTable"><TBODY>
+<TR>
+<TH class="confluenceTh"> Method </TH>
+<TH class="confluenceTh"> Description </TH>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> canAddUser(jcrSession) </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> Checks if the current user may add new users </TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> canAddGroup(jcrSession) </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> Checks if the current user may add new groups </TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> canUpdateProperties(jcrSession, principalId) </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> Checks if the current user may update the properties of the specified principal </TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> canRemove(jcrSession, principalId) </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> Checks if the current user may remove the specified user or group </TD>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> canUpdateGroupMembers(jcrSession, groupId) </TD>
+<TD class="confluenceTd"> Checks if the current user may modify the membership of the specified group </TD>
+</TR>
+</TBODY></TABLE>
+</DIV>
+
+
+
+<P>Example:</P>
+<DIV class="code panel" style="border-width: 1px;"><DIV class="codeContent panelContent">
+<PRE class="code-java">
+<%
+ <SPAN class="code-comment">// lookup the service
+</SPAN> <SPAN class="code-keyword">var</SPAN> privilegesInfo = sling.getService(Packages.org.apache.sling.jackrabbit.usermanager.AuthorizablePrivilegesInfo);
+
+ <SPAN class="code-keyword">if</SPAN> (privilegesInfo.canAddUser(currentSession)) {
+ <SPAN class="code-comment">//TODO: render the UI that allows the user to add a user here
+</SPAN> }
+
+ <SPAN class="code-keyword">if</SPAN> (privilegesInfo.canAddGroup(currentSession)) {
+ <SPAN class="code-comment">//TODO: render the UI that allows the user to add a group here
+</SPAN> }
+
+ <SPAN class="code-keyword">if</SPAN> (privilegesInfo.canUpdateProperties(currentSession, <SPAN class="code-quote">"someUserId"</SPAN>)) {
+ <SPAN class="code-comment">//TODO: render the UI that allows the user to update the properties of the user here
+</SPAN> }
+
+ <SPAN class="code-keyword">if</SPAN> (privilegesInfo.canRemove(currentSession, <SPAN class="code-quote">"someUserId"</SPAN>)) {
+ <SPAN class="code-comment">//TODO: render the UI that allows the user to remove the user here
+</SPAN> }
+
+ <SPAN class="code-keyword">if</SPAN> (privilegesInfo.canUpdateGroupMembers(currentSession, <SPAN class="code-quote">"GroupName"</SPAN>)) {
+ <SPAN class="code-comment">//TODO: draw your UI that allows the user to update the group memebership here
+</SPAN> }
+%>
+</PRE>
+</DIV></DIV>
+
+
+<H2><A name="Managingusersandgroups%28jackrabbit.usermanager%29-SampleUserInterfaceImplementation"></A>Sample User Interface Implementation</H2>
+
+<P><EM>Since Version 2.1.1</EM></P>
+
+<P>A sample implementation of ui pages for user/group management is provided @ <A href="http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/sling/trunk/samples/usermanager-ui/" class="external-link" rel="nofollow">http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/sling/trunk/samples/usermanager-ui/</A></P>
+ <DIV class="timestamp" style="margin-top: 30px; font-size: 80%; text-align: right;">
+Last modified by edn on 2011-05-05 23:29:36.0
+ </DIV>
+ <DIV class="trademarkFooter">
+Apache Sling, Sling, Apache, the Apache feather logo, and the Apache Sling project logo are trademarks of The Apache Software Foundation. All other marks mentioned may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
+ </DIV>
+ </DIV>
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+</HTML>
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