How to inherit parent site permissions when creating subSite using webservice

Question

Using Sharepoint 2007 webservices from a .Net web application I create a subSite (CreateDWS method). I was originally hoping that the parent permissions would be inherited but no such luck.

According to the http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms772546(office.12).aspx, I should be able to add a XML tag like:

Dim strNewUser As String = <UserInfo> _
<item Email='[email protected]' Name='username'/> _
</UserInfo>

to the Createdws call. Although I don't get an error it doesn't add the user to the newly created subSite. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Alternatively, is there a webservice I can use to set Inherit Parent permissions explicitly?

Failing that, how can I make this happen or add an Active Directory domain group so that folks in that group can Contribute to the site?

Thanks in Advance

Answer 1

Alternatively you can write and call another segment of code as soon as you create a sub site. This code will call the Permissions Web Service GetPermissionCollection method and copy the site permission of the parent site. Later you can call the AddPermissionCollection method to add the same to the newly created child web site.

more on the permission web service here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/permissions.permissions_methods(v=office.12).aspx

Hope this helps..