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John Roper · Guest

Hi
I need to write some code that will walk a CMS site and extract all the ACLs
and put them into an AzMan database. I've had no success finding an API that
will give me the ACLs. Can someone please help?

Thanks
John Roper

Stefan [MSFT] · Guest

Hi John,

the answer is no. This functionality is not supported in MCMS.

Cheers,
Stefan

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Stefan [MSFT] · Guest

Hi John,

the ACLs are stored in the database.
Direct access to the database (even for read) would break the support
boundaries for MCMS and is not allowed see here for details:
http://blogs.technet.com/stefan_gossner/archive/2005/03/16/396647.aspx

Yes, this is done using MS internal interfaces.
Using MS internal interfaces in custom applications is also not allowed. See
here for details:
http://blogs.technet.com/stefan_gossner/archive/2005/07/27/undocumented_API_Part1.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/stefan_gossner/archive/2005/07/27/408245.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/stefan_gossner/archive/2005/07/27/408247.aspx

With other words: there is absolutly no supported way to achieve this.

Cheers,
Stefan

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John Roper · Guest

Thanks for the very complete answer. I understand the position. Also nice to
put a face to a name :-)

Regards
John

"Stefan [MSFT]" wrote:

John Roper · Guest

Thanks for the quick answer, even if it wasn't the one I was hoping for :-(

Am Iright in thinking that you can, through the UI, set access rights in
some form? If so, are you saying that this is done by a private interface and
not an API? If so, how are the ACLs stored - are they in the SQL database?

In other words, is there any possible way to do this, including using
proprietary interfaces, assuming that Microsoft would tell me how to use that
interface? I only want to be able to read the ACLs, not change them.

Thanks in advance
John

"Stefan [MSFT]" wrote:

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