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Bug 334663 - No way to access user preferences using his user name
Summary: No way to access user preferences using his user name
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Orion
Classification: ECD
Component: Server (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P3 normal (vote)
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Reported: 2011-01-18 11:01 EST by Szymon Brandys CLA
Modified: 2014-06-11 11:22 EDT (History)
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Description Szymon Brandys CLA 2011-01-18 11:01:51 EST 
Right now we can access only preferences of the logged in user. Some values like user's workspaces or access rights could be modified by administrators. There is no API to do it now. Administrators can just call e.g. /prefs/user/window/favorites what will return their own preferences, but they can't call /prefs/user/szymonb/window/favorites to see other user's prefs.
Comment 1 Anthony Hunter CLA 2014-03-13 13:34:13 EDT 
Was there a specific use case that required the administrator to modify a particular user's preferences? Is this still a problem then you think?
Comment 2 John Arthorne CLA 2014-06-11 11:22:37 EDT 
No reason for this comes to mind.