Community Component 26.3
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# RoleDoesUserHavePrivilege

Allows you to determine whether a user has a specific privilege.

## Example

    http://12.3.4.56:9030/action=RoleDoesUserHavePrivilege&Privilege=Database&Value=Archive&UserName=Peter Smith

This action checks if the user `Peter Smith` has the privilege `Database` with the value `Archive`.

## Required Parameters

The following action parameters are required.

Parameter | Description
--- | ---
Privilege | The name of the privilege to find.
Value | The privilege value.

You must set one of the following parameters.

Parameter | Description
--- | ---
UID | The user ID of the user to check the privilege for.
UserName | The user name of the user to check the privilege for.

## Optional Parameters

This action accepts the following optional parameters.

Parameter | Description
--- | ---
EmailAddress | The e-mail address of the user.
FieldFieldName | A field for the user.
Recurse | Checks ancestors of the user roles for the specified privilege.
Security | The security field for the user.

This action accepts the following standard ACI action parameters.

Parameter | Description
--- | ---
ActionID | A string to use to identify an ACI action.
FileName | The file to write output to.
ForceTemplateRefresh | Forces the server to load the template from disk.
Output | Writes output to a file.
ResponseFormat | The format of the action output.
Template | The template to use for the action output.
TemplateParamCSVs | A list of variables to use for the specified template.

## Comments

You must set one of the following parameters:

- UID

- UserName

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Product: Knowledge Discovery Community Component 26.3

Topic Title: RoleDoesUserHavePrivilege