SecurityResource

An extension to manage security.

This Extension is provided as-is and without warranty or support. It is not part of the PTC product suite and there is no PTC support.

Description

This extension adds a Resource object providing utility services for security management.

Services

• switchToUser: switches the security context to another user (in this way it is possible to run a service as another user)
  • input
    • user: the user - USERNAME (No default value)
  • output: true if the user switching has been performed, false otherwise - BOOLEAN
• comeBackToCurrentUser: comes back to the current user (to use exclusively after a switchToUser call)
  • input: NOTHING
  • output: NOTHING

Usage Samples

The best way to use the services is as follows:

if (Resources["SecurityResource"].switchToUser({user: "<USER>"})) {
    try {
        // -- whatever code that needs to be run as <USER>
    } catch (exception) {
        // -- catch any exception
    } finally {
        Resources["SecurityResource"].comeBackToCurrentUser();
    }
}

Note that:

• <USER> has to be visible by the current user
• SecurityResource has to be visible by the current user
• current user needs to have execution permission on service switchToUser
• <USER> needs to have execution permission on service comeBackToCurrentUser
• if you have access to the ThingWorx installation folder then you can also add a code snippet by the following instructions

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