> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of 
> Eric (Google)
> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 3:08 PM
> To: Google Docs Data APIs
> Subject: Re: A question about available functionality
> 
> 
> Hi Patricia,
> 
> I'm not sure if I fully understand what you're trying to do, 
> but both the Calendar and DocList API offer access control 
> features that you may use to assign roles:
> 
> http://code.google.com/apis/documents/docs/2.0/developers_guid
> e_protocol.html#AccessControlLists
> http://code.google.com/apis/calendar/docs/2.0/developers_guide
> _protocol.html#SharingACalendar
> 
> That being said,  user A wont be able to view user B's 
> document until B has granted A permission (reader, 
> collaborator, etc) to the document.
> 

Hi Eric,
Thanks for responding. I actually understand the access control features of
both apis. To clarify my question (using your example with users A and B), I
was asking whether you can write a program that logs in as a different user
(neither A nor B; call it C, or admin) and that would be able to grant A
permission to B's document. 
Hope this makes more sense,
-Patricia

> Eric
> 
> On Nov 19, 8:22 am, "Patricia Goldweic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > It would be very convenient if I could get the following behavior 
> > working in my web app: when somebody clicks on a particular link, I 
> > assign them permission to see a certain piece of content 
> that belongs 
> > to somebody else (somebody who wants this to happen, of course).
> > Unfortunately, from what I understand, it appears that I can 
> > programmatically assign permission over a piece of content 
> ONLY if I 
> > log in as the owner of that content*, but then, it follows that I 
> > won't achieve the desired behavior. Is this an accurate conclusion?
> >
> > For more details, I believe I need the following 
> functionality to get 
> > this to work:
> > - Using AuthSub or an alternate, be able to log in as an admin, and 
> > assign the permissions I need over the content of owner 1 (either a 
> > Google calendar or a Google doc at this point; in the 
> future hopefully 
> > also a site) to owner
> > 2
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -Patricia
> >
> > *: I am assuming that AuthSub is used for this purpose 
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > 



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