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Data Object - Permission(vim.AuthorizationManager.Permission)

Property of

HostEnableAdminFailedEvent, HostSecuritySpec, ManagedEntity

Parameter to

ResetEntityPermissions, SetEntityPermissions

Returned by

RetrieveAllPermissions, RetrieveEntityPermissions, RetrieveRolePermissions

Extends

DynamicData

See also

ManagedEntity

Since

2.0

Data Object Description

This data object type provides assignment of some role access to a principal on a specific entity. A ManagedEntity is limited to one permission per principal.

Properties

Name	Type	Description
entity*	ManagedObjectReference to a ManagedEntity	Managed entity the permission is defined on. Left unset when calling setPermissions or resetPermissions, but present for the results of permission queries.
group	xsd:boolean	Whether principal refers to a user or a group. True for a group and false for a user.
principal	xsd:string	User or group receiving access in the form of "login" for local or "DOMAIN\login" for users in a Windows domain.
propagate	xsd:boolean	Whether or not this permission propagates down the hierarchy to sub-entities.
roleId	xsd:int	Reference to the role providing the access.
Properties inherited from DynamicData
None

*Need not be set
Show WSDL type definition

<complexType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="Permission"> <complexContent> <extension base="vim25:DynamicData"> <sequence> <element name="entity" type="vim25:ManagedObjectReference" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="principal" type="xsd:string"/> <element name="group" type="xsd:boolean"/> <element name="roleId" type="xsd:int"/> <element name="propagate" type="xsd:boolean"/> </sequence> </extension> </complexContent> </complexType>

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