This function adds an object to the given ACL group. An object can be a player's account, specified as user.. Or a resource, specified as resource.. Objects are specified as strings. The ACL groups work for the user accounts and the resources that are specified in them.

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• Method: aclgroup:addObject(...)

Syntax

bool aclGroupAddObject ( aclgroup theGroup, string theObject )

Required Arguments

• theGroup: The group to add the object name string too.
• theObject: The object string to add to the given ACL.

Returns

• bool: result

Returns true if the object was successfully added to the ACL, false if it already existed in the list.

Code Examples

Example 1 Example 2 (OOP)

server

This example makes every player able to use a command named giveAccountAdminRights that will add a specific accountname as an ACL object to the Admin group.

local function giveAdminRights (playerSource, commandName, accountName) --add the function giveAdminRights and specify its arguments
  if (accountName) then --if there was an accountName entered then
    aclGroupAddObject(aclGetGroup("Admin"), "user."..accountName)) --add an ACL object using the form "user.[accountName]" to the ACL group "Admin"
    outputChatBox("Account '"..accountName.."' succesfully added to the admin group", playerSource) --output a notification to the player who entered the command that the acocunt was successfully added
  else --else output an error message and the correct syntax of the command to the player who entered it
    outputChatBox("No account name specified.", playerSource)
    outputChatBox("Correct syntax: /giveAccountAdminRights [accountName]", playerSource)
  end
end
addCommandHandler("giveAccountAdminRights", giveAdminRights) --add a command "giveAccountAdminRights" and attch the function "giveAdminRights" to it

server

OOP Required

This example makes every player able to use a command named giveAccountAdminRights that will add a specific accountname as an ACL object to the Admin group.

local function giveAdminRights (playerSource, commandName, accountName) --add the function giveAdminRights and specify its arguments
  if (accountName) then --if there was an accountName entered then
    local adminGroup = ACLGroup.get("Admin")
    if (adminGroup) then
      adminGroup:addObject("user."..accountName)
      playerSource:outputChat("Account '"..accountName.."' succesfully added to the admin group") --output a notification to the player who entered the command that the acocunt was successfully added
    end
  else --else output an error message and the correct syntax of the command to the player who entered it
    playerSource:outputChat("No account name specified.")
    playerSource:outputChat("Correct syntax: /giveAccountAdminRights [accountName]")
  end
end
addCommandHandler("giveAccountAdminRights", giveAdminRights) --add a command "giveAccountAdminRights" and attch the function "giveAdminRights" to it

See Also

ACL Functions

• aclCreate
• aclDestroy
• aclCreateGroup
• aclDestroyGroup
• aclGet
• aclGetGroup
• aclGetName
• aclGetRight
• aclGroupAddACL
• aclGroupAddObject
• aclGroupGetName
• aclGroupList
• aclGroupListACL
• aclGroupRemoveACL
• aclGroupListObjects
• aclGroupRemoveObject
• aclReload
• aclListRights
• aclObjectGetGroups
• aclList
• aclRemoveRight
• aclSetRight
• aclSave
• hasObjectPermissionTo
• isObjectInACLGroup

ACL Elements

• acl
• aclgroup

Reference

• Scripting Functions