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SharePoint 2013 Timer Job - Remove user from SharePoint group not working
I have written a SP2013 timer job, which should remove user from SharePoint group when triggered. Written below piece of code in CustomTimerJob.cs. It updates the list item status to Active/Expired successfully on running the timer, but doesn't remove user from SharePoint group. Can let me know where I am wrong ?
using Microsoft.SharePoint;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace TimerJobApplication
{
public class CustomTimerJob : SPJobDefinition
{
public CustomTimerJob() : base() { }
public CustomTimerJob(string jobName, SPService service)
: base(jobName, service, null, SPJobLockType.None)
{
this.Title = "Access Rights Timer";
}
public CustomTimerJob(string jobName, SPWebApplication webapp)
: base(jobName, webapp, null, SPJobLockType.ContentDatabase)
{
this.Title = "Access Rights Timer";
}
public void RemoveUser(String userLoginName, string groupName, string SiteURL)
{
SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges(delegate()
{
using (SPSite site = new SPSite(SiteURL))
{
using (SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb())
{
SPGroup group = web.SiteGroups[groupName];
SPUser userToRemove = web.EnsureUser(userLoginName);
group.RemoveUser(userToRemove);
group.Update();
}
}
});
}
public override void Execute(Guid targetInstanceId)
{
var currentdate=DateTime.Now.Date;
SPWebApplication webApp = this.Parent as SPWebApplication;
SPList taskList = webApp.Sites[0].AllWebs["dev"].Lists["Limited_Access_To_Security_Groups"];
SPView view = taskList.Views["All Items"]; //custom view name
SPListItemCollection olistitems = taskList.GetItems(view);
foreach (SPListItem item in olistitems)
{
if (Convert.ToDateTime(item["ExpiryDate"]) <= DateTime.Now.Date)
{
RemoveUser(item["UserName"].ToString(), "Dev Visitors", "http://devsite/");
item["Status"] = "Expired";
item.Update();
}
else
{
item["Status"] = "Active";
item.Update();
}
}
}
}
}
- Sudharsan KSteel Contributor
Timer jobs are running as a separate service and if I am right, the service is running under the Farm account. So you can't use RunWithElevatedPrivilege in timer jobs. Also, try to get the site and web object from the web application and then pass the web object to the RemoveUser method instead of using the URL and then getting the web.
Try the above and let me know.
Hope it helps, please like it or mark it as a solution if it resolves your clarification or issue
-Sudharsan K...