XQuery/Changing Permissions on Collections and Resources

Motivation You want to change permissions on a set of collections and resources. Method There are two functions we will use: For collections: xmldb:chmod-collection($collection, $perm) and for resources: xmldb:chmod-resource($collection, $resource, $perm) The $perm is a decimal number. As of 1.5 you can use the function xmldb:string-to-permissions("rwurwu---") to get this decimal number. Sample to get decimal values for guest permissions xquery version "1.0"; <results> <guest-none>{xmldb:string-to-permissions("rwxrwx---")}</guest-none> <guest-read>{xmldb:string-to-permissions("rwxrwxr--")}</guest-read> <guest-read-write>{xmldb:string-to-permissions("rwxrwxrw-")}</guest-read-write> <guest-all>{xmldb:string-to-permissions("rwxrwxrwx")}</guest-all> </results> Returns the following <results> <guest-none>504</guest-none> <guest-read>508</guest-read> <guest-read-write>510</guest-read-write> <guest-all>511</guest-all> </results> Recursive Script to Remove All Guest Permissions xquery version "1.0"; declare function local:chmod-collection($collection) { xmldb:chmod-collection( $collection, xmldb:string-to-permissions("rwxrwx---")), for $child in xmldb:get-child-collections($collection) return local:chmod-collection(concat($collection, "/", $child)) }; system:as-user( 'my-login', 'password', ( local:chmod-collection("/db/collection"), for $doc in collection("/db/collection") return xmldb:chmod-resource(util:collection-name($doc), util:document-name($doc), xmldb:string-to-permissions("rwxrwx---")) ) ) Warning, this breaks several features. You must run many functions as non-guest.