Remove Group from a Principal

The following code sample illustrates how to remove a group from a principal.

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Code Sample

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<cpp_admin_principal_group_remove.cpp>

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#include<string>
#include<iostream>
#include "teagent.h"
#include "teconnection.h"
#include "teexception.h"
#include "teauthuserctx.h"
#include "teauthwinctx.h"
#include "teobject.h"
#include "teadmin.h"
#include "tewinprincipal.h"
#include "teldapprincipal.h"
#include "teadmin_acl.h"
#include "teacl_template.h"

using namespace ERUCES;
using namespace std;

int main()
{
	string strServer    = "localhost";
	long   nPort        = 8888;
	string strAdminUser = "admin";
	string strAdminPswd = "password1A";

	try
	{
		// Connect to server
		auto_ptr<TEConnection> conn = TEConnection::createInstance(TEConnection::SecureConnection);
		conn->open(strServer, nPort, strAdminUser, strAdminPswd);
		cout << "Connected to " << strServer << " as " << strAdminUser << endl << endl;

		TEAdmin admin;
		admin.attachConnection(conn.operator->());

		// groupID to be removed.
		TEGroupInfo group;
		group.setGroupName("testgroup");
		admin.getPrincipal(group, group);
		int id2Remove = group.getPrincipalId();

		TEUserAndPasswordInfo user;
		user.setUserName("testuser");
		admin.getPrincipal(user, user);

		cout << "User ID   = " << user.getPrincipalId() << endl;
		cout << "User Name = " << user.getUserName() << endl << endl;

		// List group IDs before removing group
		TEObjectContainer cont;
		user.getGroupIds(cont);
		cout << "Before removing group, number of groups = " << cont.size() << endl;
		int i;
		bool isFound = false;
		for (i=0; i < cont.size(); ++i)
		{
			int  groupID  = ((TEUInt32*)cont[i])->getValue();
			if (groupID == id2Remove) {
				isFound = true;
			}
			cout << "\tGroup Id: "    << groupID << endl;
		}

		if (!isFound) {
			cout << "Required group is not in the list." << endl;
			goto FailureExit;
		}

		// Remove group
		user.removeGroup(id2Remove);
		admin.updatePrincipal(user);            // Update principal in the server.
		cout << "Group was removed from the principal." << endl;

		// List group IDs after removing group
		admin.getPrincipal(user, user);
		user.getGroupIds(cont);
		cout << endl;
		cout << "After removing group, number of reviewers = " << cont.size() << endl;
		for (i=0; i < cont.size(); ++i)
		{
			int  groupID  = ((TEUInt32*)cont[i])->getValue();
			cout << "\tGroup Id: "    << groupID << endl;
		}

		FailureExit:

		admin.detachConnection();

		// Disconnect from server
		conn->close();
		cout << endl << "Disconnected from " << strServer << endl;
	}
	catch (TEException &e)
	{
		cout << e.getAllMessages().c_str() << endl;
	}
	catch (...)
	{
		cout << "Unexpected error" << endl;
	}

	return 0;
}

Output
Connected to localhost as admin

User ID   = 3004
User Name = testuser

Before removing group, number of groups = 2
        Group Id: 3005
        Group Id: 3006
Group was removed from the principal.

After removing group, number of reviewers = 1
        Group Id: 3006

Disconnected from localhost
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