By logged in user, I'm referring to the user that initiated the plugin 
installation.  If they are authorized to install the plugin,  by default I 
want to give that plugin rights to create a job on that CI server.

On Tuesday, October 24, 2017 at 11:59:55 AM UTC-5, Jesse Glick wrote:
>
> On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 12:35 PM, Shaun Thompson <[email protected] 
> <javascript:>> wrote: 
> > I'm programmatically creating a job when the 
> > user installs it's corresponding plugin. 
>
> This seems like a bad idea. 
>
> > How do I allow the job to create the project using the logged in user's 
> > abilities. 
>
> Who exactly is “the” logged-in user? The concept is meaningless unless 
> you are inside an HTTP request handling thread, or some rarer cases 
> like CLI commands—in which case `Jenkins.getAuthentication()` is set, 
> and so you can check `hasPermission(Item.CREATE)` and behave 
> accordingly. 
>

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