I think Alexandre remains confused. Owner does not equal manager. There are 3 distinct roles in a group: Owner, Manager, and Member. Owner has greater privilege than Manager. You can access and provision the Owner and Member roles via API, but not the Manager role. This has been a long awaited feature, there is an enhancement request here (please star):
http://code.google.com/a/google.com/p/apps-api-issues/issues/detail?id=2325&q=manager&colspec=API%20ID%20Type%20Status%20Priority%20Stars%20Opened%20Summary On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 9:41 PM, Alexandre Jacquet < [email protected]> wrote: > Atul, > > Owner = manager. > > > > Alexandre Jacquet > <http://certification.googleapps.com/Home/overview>*[image: Inline image > 1]* > > Nubis Partners - *Nice 2 Cloud U* > [email protected] > Deployment & Operations > > > > > On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Atul Sachan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes, You are right. you did not understand my question well even it's >> mentioned clearly in subject line.. >> >> that I have 2000+ google group and these have it's members and owners but >> now I want to change the role of "owner" to "Manager" for users who are >> added into those group as a role "Owner". Hope now its clear for you. >> >> >> even I could not found any way in GAM as well. If you know then can you >> help me? >> >> Thanks. >> Atul >> >> >> >> On Sunday, September 16, 2012 12:21:36 AM UTC+5:30, Ale Jacquet wrote: >> >>> Hello Atul, >>> >>> I didn't understand you question really well, but you can retrieve and >>> update the user status inside a group using the Provisioning API. >>> >>> https://developers.google.com/**google-apps/provisioning/#** >>> methods_for_group_owners<https://developers.google.com/google-apps/provisioning/#methods_for_group_owners> >>> >>> >>> If you need to do this only once, I'd recommend you use GAM ( >>> http://code.google.com/p/**google-apps-manager<http://code.google.com/p/google-apps-manager>) >>> if you require to update it frequently probably develop a script your be >>> better. >>> >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> Alexandre Jacquet >>> <http://certification.googleapps.com/Home/overview>*[image: Inline >>> image 1]* >>> >>> Nubis Partners - *Nice 2 Cloud U* >>> alexandr...@**nubispartners.com >>> Deployment & Operations >>> Tel.: +55 11 5373-0025 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Atul Sachan <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> I need some help for bulk operation. >>>> >>>> I have 2000+ groups and I have already added members and owners on it. >>>> Now I have to change the role for all groups and wanted to know any >>>> operation or API/ protocol method from where I can authorize to domain and >>>> the user who are "owner" this time. >>>> >>>> >>>> Need help to change role from owner to manager. I have only group email >>>> address handy. >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Google Apps Domain Information and Management APIs" group. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/** >>>> msg/google-apps-mgmt-apis/-/**J81retjLbqAJ<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-apps-mgmt-apis/-/J81retjLbqAJ> >>>> . >>>> To post to this group, send email to google-app...@**googlegroups.com. >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-apps-mgmt-apis+** >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >>>> group/google-apps-mgmt-apis?**hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/google-apps-mgmt-apis?hl=en> >>>> . >>>> >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google Apps Domain Information and Management APIs" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-apps-mgmt-apis/-/g3Fmkcbr-HwJ. >> >> To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-apps-mgmt-apis?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Apps Domain Information and Management APIs" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-apps-mgmt-apis?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Apps Domain Information and Management APIs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-apps-mgmt-apis?hl=en.
