Sharepoint - Permissions?

Question

Im trying to run a command on the AddUserToGroup method via webservices (UserGroup.asmx).

I set up the code as follows.

//set up the user group
userGroup = new UserGroup.UserGroup();
userGroup.Url = vtiBin + "/UserGroup.asmx";
userGroup.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;

So I have my credentials being passed to the webserive. Now I run the following

userGroup.AddUserToGroup("System Group", preferedName, userLogin, email, "");

this throws an exception, my account does not have permission. however if I run this code under a different user with GOD access it works

What is the minimum required permission??

I have given my account

Full Access to the User Information List (on the sharepoint site)
Manage Analytics, Manage Audiences, Manage User Profiles, Personal Features, Personal Site, Set Permissions (sharedServices Admin, Personalization services permissions )

when i make my account a "Site Collection Administrator" it works, however when i remove my account from that group and change my permissions via the "Advance Permissions" (ticking all the boxes -Full Control, Design, Contribute, Read, View Only, Personal Edit, Manage Hierarchy, Approve, Restricted Read ) it does not work. it seems im missing somthing here, as being a site Collection admin is over kill (as this is a admin for multiple sites, i just want to affect a group on my site) — dbones, Jun 05 '09 at 14:47

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 05 '09 at 13:53

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There is a permission in SharePoint to allow for web service calls. It's called "Use Remote Interfaces". Your user should have this permission to make changes via web services.

answered Jun 05 '09 at 13:53

nikmd23

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hello, thanks for the reply, i was looking at this page (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288074.aspx) and it says all of the permissions have this turned on. please can you describe in a little more detail, (where can i look on the site to make sure this permission is turned on). – dbones Jun 05 '09 at 14:25

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 05 '09 at 14:40

Couldn't this also have more to do with the permission to manage the group rather than permission to use the web service? I know I've run into similar situations via the UI before, and it turned out that I didn't have permissions to edit the group's membership. I believe there are a few situations in which you have permission to edit a group's membership:

You are the creator of the group
The creator of the group (or a site collection administrator) designated you as an owner of the group
The group was configured to allow all group members to edit its membership, and you are a member of the group
You are a site collection administrator

Is it possible that none of those conditions fit for you?

Sharepoint - Permissions?

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