Assigning permissions to a user

We will see in this recipe how to assign various permissions to a particular user.

How to do it...

1. 1. Create a new script file in the Company Home>Data Dictionary>Scripts>Cookbook folder and save this code. Let’s say the file is named assignpermission.js.

   var qry = "@cm\\:name:\"Test_JS_API.txt\"";
   var docs = search.luceneSearch(qry);
   if (docs.length > 0)
   {
   var doc = docs[0];
   if (doc.hasPermission("ChangePermissions"))
   {
   var usr = people.getPerson("snig.bhaumik");
   if (usr != null)
   {
   doc.setPermission("Write", "snig.bhaumik");
   doc.setPermission("Delete", "snig.bhaumik");
   doc.setPermission("AddChildren", "snig.bhaumik");
   doc.setPermission("Execute", "snig.bhaumik");
   }
   }
   }
   

2. 2. Execute the script using Run Action on the document Test_JS_API.txt in the Chapter 8 folder.

3. 3. Upon executing the script, the user snig.bhaumik will have write, delete, and execute the permission of this document.

4. 4. Let’s examine what happened behind the scenes. This was the original...