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While creating user programatically in AEM it is giving javax.jcr.AccessDeniedException: Access denied.

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Hi All,

    Can anyone please help me when I am craeting the user programatically it is giving me the javax.jcr.AccessDeniedException: Access denied.

 

Thanks,

Pavan

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Hi @MandaPavanKumar you can try below sample code, assuming system user is having all required permission in publish environment - 

 @Activate
    public void createLocalUser() {
        try {
            Map<String, Object> param = new HashMap<>();
            param.put(ResourceResolverFactory.SUBSERVICE, "system-user");
            ResourceResolver resolver = resolverFactory.getServiceResourceResolver(param);
            UserManager userManager = resolver.adaptTo(UserManager.class);
            Authorizable user = userManager.createUser("newlocaluser", "password");
            user.setProperty("firstName", "test");
            user.setProperty("lastName", "user");
            user.addGroup("group1");
            userManager.updateUser(user);
            LOG.info("Local user newlocaluser created successfully.");
            resolver.close();
        } catch (LoginException | RepositoryException e) {
            LOG.error("Error creating local user: {}", e.getMessage());
        }

 

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Community Advisor

did you check the permission of the system user, you are using to save the user node.?

Please verify that.

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Yes I ahve verified the permissions to the system user and that user is having enough permissions to create user

 

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Below is the sample code to create user:

Map<String, Object> param = new HashMap<String, Object>();

param.put(ResourceResolverFactory.SUBSERVICE, "service-userid");

ResourceResolver resolver = resourceFact.getServiceResourceResolver(param);

org.apache.jackrabbit.api.security.user.UserManager userManager = resolver.adaptTo(org.apache.jackrabbit.api.security.user.UserManager.class);
if(userManager == null)
{
log.error("userManager == null!");
return;
}else {
String username = "mytestuser";
String password = "password";
org.apache.jackrabbit.api.security.user.User user = userManager.createUser(username, password);
}

 

Note: please make sure system user has permissions to create user. 

Hi Siva,

      Can you please correct me that in this line the login is reffering to username right.

 org.apache.jackrabbit.api.security.user.User user = userManager.createUser(login, password);

Thanks,

Pavan

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Community Advisor

yes, you're right, it was typo mistake, corrected it. 

 

Hi Siva,

     I have adoubt when we try to create user at published site then I am facing the issue. Can you please help me.

Thanks,

Pavan

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Community Advisor

You mean, are you trying to create the user on publisher instance ?  or you need to create user on AEM author /publisher when the user submits request from the published site etc? 

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I followed the same implementation still it is showing access denied

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Hi @MandaPavanKumar you can try below sample code, assuming system user is having all required permission in publish environment - 

 @Activate
    public void createLocalUser() {
        try {
            Map<String, Object> param = new HashMap<>();
            param.put(ResourceResolverFactory.SUBSERVICE, "system-user");
            ResourceResolver resolver = resolverFactory.getServiceResourceResolver(param);
            UserManager userManager = resolver.adaptTo(UserManager.class);
            Authorizable user = userManager.createUser("newlocaluser", "password");
            user.setProperty("firstName", "test");
            user.setProperty("lastName", "user");
            user.addGroup("group1");
            userManager.updateUser(user);
            LOG.info("Local user newlocaluser created successfully.");
            resolver.close();
        } catch (LoginException | RepositoryException e) {
            LOG.error("Error creating local user: {}", e.getMessage());
        }

 

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Hi Nitin,

     Let me try it and will you know if I face any issue.

Thanks,

Pavan

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Hi Nitin,

     I tried but its not working for me. Even thoug I have provided the enough permissions to the system user that I had created.

Thanks,

Pavan

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Hi Shivam,

     Correct me if I am wrong that when the site was published at dispatcher level. And now if we try to create the user at AEM end is it possible ? can you please hlpe me on this.

Thanks,

Pavan