[Building Sakai] way to tell if current user has admin privileges?

[David Horwitz]

The magic your looking for is

SecurityService.isSuperUser();

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On 03/31/2010 07:49 PM, Nicola Monat-Jacobs wrote:
> Ah, I think I should have been more specific. I'm working on a custom sakai tool, and I'm wondering if there is a java method to determine this? Many tools treat users enrolled in the admin workspace as though they were admin, so I imagine there must be some way to test for it.
>
> Thanks,
> Nicola
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> On Mar 31, 2010, at  10:43 AM, Noah Botimer wrote:
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>   
>> Yes. Being in Admin Workspace is the magic and sole deciding factor. There should only be one role, so there shouldn't be any confusion there.
>>
>> A way to check as the user would be to try to visit /portal/site/!admin. I'm sure we could come up with something programmatic/scriptable if you needed.
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>> Thanks,
>> -Noah
>>
>> On Mar 31, 2010, at 1:36 PM, Nicola Monat-Jacobs wrote:
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>>     
>>> I may be forgetting something obvious, but is there any easy way or method to tell if the current user has admin privileges? Not the 'admin' user, but a regular user who is enrolled in the Admin Workspace?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Nicola
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