MarkLogic 9 Product Documentation

sec.privilegeSetRoles

sec.privilegeSetRoles(
   action as String,
   kind as String,
   role-names as String[]
) as null

Summary

Assigns the privilege ($action,$kind) to have the roles identified by $role-names. Removes the prviously assigned roles.

If a privilege identified by ($action,$kind) is not found, an error is returned.

If a role name in $role-names does not correspond to an existing role, an error is returned.

If $role-names is the empty sequence, all existing roles for the privilege are removed.

If the current user is limited to granting only his/her roles, and $role-names is not a subset of the current user's roles, then an error is returned.

Required Privileges

Usage Notes

This function must be executed against the security database.

Example

// execute this against the security database

declareUpdate();  
const sec = require('/MarkLogic/security.xqy');
 
sec.privilegeSetRoles(
    "http://marklogic.com/xdmp/privileges/mypriv", 
     "execute", "Contractor")

// Assigns the privilege with the specified action to the "Contractor" role.
   The privilege is removed from any other roles that had previously been  
   assigned the privilege.