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Security Administration (ISecurityAdmin Interface)

Understanding the General Authorization Administration Methods

The general authorization administration methods set and get authorizations on metadata resources. An authorization associates an identity, a permission, and a grant or denial of that permission with a resource. The authorizations can be set directly on a resource, or applied to the resource in an ACT. Authorizations can also be set on ACTs to control who is authorized to modify the ACT.

The general authorization administration methods include the following:

ApplyACTToObj

Applies the authorizations defined in an ACT to the specified resource.

GetAccessControlTemplatesOnObj

Lists the ACTs that are associated with a resource.

GetAuthorizationsOnObj

Returns the authorizations that apply to a resource for specified identities and permissions.

GetIdentitiesOnObj

Returns Person, IdentityGroup, and Role objects associated with a specified resource.

RemoveACTFromObj

Removes the authorizations defined by an ACT from the specified resource.

SetAuthorizationsOnObj

Sets permissions for identities on a resource.

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