Hi Anton, In that case, how about using this one: http://ovirt.github.io/ovirt-engine-api-model/master/#services/vms/method... *Regards,* *Shani Leviim* On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 1:35 PM Tentaclius <tentaclius(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > Hi Shani, > > thanks for your reply. > > My question is not about assigning permissions, but rather about querying > permissions assigned to a given VM. > I need to get a list of permissions, assigned to the VM without the > permissions this VM inherits from parent objects. Unluckily for me the > /ovirt-engine/api/vms/<vm-id>/permissions service returns the list > containing both VM-specific and inherited permissions, which cannot be > distinguished. > > Thanks and regards, > Anton. > > On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 1:29 PM Shani Leviim <sleviim(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > >> Hi Anton, >> You can assign permissions to the VM by using the following syntax: >> >> POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/ yyy/permissions >> >> <permission> >> <role> >> <name> username</name> >> </role> >> <user id=" xxx"/> >> </permission> >> >> For further information, you can visit here: >> http://ovirt.github.io/ovirt-engine-api-model/master/#services/assigned_p... >> >> Hope it helps! >> >> >> *Regards,* >> >> *Shani Leviim* >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 1:04 PM Anton E <tentaclius(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: >> >>> Hi everyone! >>> >>> My question is in the subject for the most part. >>> I'm trying to backup a vm parameters, including the linked attributes, >>> namely the permissions. But I don't want the inherited permissions to be >>> included into the backup, I only need the attributes specific to the vm. It >>> looks like there is no difference between the inherited and the vm-specific >>> permissions in the output from /ovirt-engine/api/vms/<vm-id>/permissions >>> service. >>> >>> What is the best way to distinguish the specific permissions from the >>> inherited ones? It seems I can follow the link to the particular permission >>> and see whether the vm attribute is set on it and it points to the VM I >>> need, but that would require numerous REST requests to be done. Is there a >>> more elegant way? Maybe I can somehow filter the output of >>> /ovirt-engine/api/vms/<vm-id>/permissions to only include the required info? >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Anton. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Users mailing list -- users(a)ovirt.org >>> To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)ovirt.org >>> Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/site/privacy-policy/ >>> oVirt Code of Conduct: >>> https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ >>> List Archives: >>> https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/users@ovirt.org/message/AVHAC4SSJWV... >>> >>