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Sample: query user permissions

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#29 opened on May 28, 2014

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Description

Demonstrate how to query the current user's permissions for a given Managed Object. Show how to determine if the user has a specific privilege to read or write to a named datastore for example.

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Review existing samples in the repository to understand the structure and style. Study the pyVmomi documentation and code to find relevant APIs for querying user permissions (e.g., 'RetrieveUserPrivilegeOnEntities' or similar). Write a concise sample with explanation.
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python
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backend
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2
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PythonpyVmomi
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75