Hi all,

Is there a way to know about the user and their roles?
I want to know whether a logged user is an administrator or not.

Please guide me.

Randall

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My understanding is that you cannot get get the roles associated with a user
 from the PAPI. You can only tell whether they CanApprove etc.

"Randall" wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Is there a way to know about the user and their roles?
> I want to know whether a logged user is an administrator or not.
>
> Please guide me.
>
> Randall
>

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That is correct.

A workaround would be to implement a channel structure like the following

/Channels
/HelperChannel
/Administrators
/ChannelManagers
/Editors
/Moderators
/Authors
/Subscribers

Then assign all channel manager groups to the ChannelManagers channel, all
Editors to the Editors channel, ...
If you now use the searches object to retrieve one of the channel you can
identify if the current user has this role by testing if you receive an
object or not.

Cheers,
Stefan.

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"Mark" <Mark@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> My understanding is that you cannot get get the roles associated with a
user from the PAPI. You can only tell whether they CanApprove etc.[vbcol=seagreen]
>
> "Randall" wrote:
> 

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Thanks Mark and Stefan


"Stefan [MSFT]" wrote:

> That is correct.
>
> A workaround would be to implement a channel structure like the following
>
> /Channels
>     /HelperChannel
>         /Administrators
>         /ChannelManagers
>         /Editors
>         /Moderators
>         /Authors
>         /Subscribers
>
> Then assign all channel manager groups to the ChannelManagers channel, all
> Editors to the Editors channel, ...
> If you now use the searches object to retrieve one of the channel you can
> identify if the current user has this role by testing if you receive an
> object or not.
>
> Cheers,
> Stefan.
>
> --
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
.
>
> MCMS FAQ:
> http://download.microsoft.com/downl...
a/MCMS+2002+-+(complete)+FAQ.htm
> MCMS Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/stefan_gossner/category/4983.aspx
> MCMS Sample Code:
> http://www.gotdotnet.com/community/...nagement+Server
> MCMS Whitepapers and other docs:
> http://blogs.msdn.com/stefan_gossne...2/07/41859.aspx
> --------------------------------
>
>
> "Mark" <Mark@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:779C91DE-1425-4FBC-B87C-2F91AF3344C9@microsoft.com... 
> user from the PAPI. You can only tell whether they CanApprove etc. 
>
>
>

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