Answer by Flavio Sadeghi

Flavio Sadeghi — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 14:21:42 -0500

Username renaming is not directly possible by an (official) public API, but:

If the Security System is connected with an External Security System (i.e. AD), a renaming of the external security name OR the user name is supported. Except, both are changed at the same time.
If the Security System is not connected to an External Security System, you could rename the user name in the IWA_User system database table (after stopping the Axon.ivy Engine).
Or, as a workaround, the Interface IUser could be casted to User, and then the method setName(..) is available. But the method has to be executed as system.

Code example:

package wf;

import java.util.concurrent.Callable;

import ch.ivyteam.ivy.security.IUser;
import ch.ivyteam.ivy.security.internal.User;
import ch.ivyteam.ivy.server.ServerFactory;

public final class WorkflowAdminUtil {
    private WorkflowAdminUtil(){}
    public static void setUserName(IUser user, String newUserName) throws Exception {
        ServerFactory.getServer().getSecurityManager().executeAsSystem(
            new Callable<Void>() {
                @Override
                public Void call() throws Exception {
                    ((User) user).setName(newUserName);
                    return null;
                }
        });
    }
}

Comment by Emmanuel on Emmanuel's question

Emmanuel — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 11:12:49 -0500

Hallo Flavio, Yes this is the root cause.

Comment by Flavio Sadeghi on Emmanuel's question

Flavio Sadeghi — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 10:05:33 -0500

Hello Emmanuel. Is the root use case the renaming of a user name?

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