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Get Effective User Rights for Resource

effectiveRights.Rd

Determines the effective permissions (rights) for a specific user on a given resource, taking into account group memberships and inherited permissions.

Usage

effectiveRights(ident, from = pwd(), memberId = NULL)

Arguments

ident

Identifier of the resource to check permissions for. Can be a path, resource ID, or entity ID.

from

Root path for resolving relative paths. Defaults to pwd().

memberId

Character. The ID of the user/member to check permissions for. If NULL (default), checks permissions for the currently authenticated user.

Value

A list containing the effective rights:

  • read - Logical. Permission to view/download the resource.

  • modify - Logical. Permission to update (for files) or upload (for folders).

  • delete - Logical. Permission to delete the resource.

  • admin - Logical. Full administrative rights.

Returns NULL if the resource or user cannot be found.

See also

users, whoami

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# Check my rights on a folder
my_rights <- effectiveRights("/Projects/Analysis")
if (my_rights$modify) {
  message("I can write to this folder")
}

# Check rights for another user
user_id <- users()[1, "id"]
their_rights <- effectiveRights("/Projects/Analysis", memberId = user_id)
} # }