Programmatically access User permissions for web application in sharepoint 2010

Question

I am trying to access User permissions > create subsite enable/disable feature with sharepoint API. How to access User permission for webapplications?

If you go to CA in sharepoint 2010 and click on an web application and then choose User permission in the ribbon it shows you lot of check boxes. Under site permission there is an option for create subsites. This is specifically what I am looking for.

tsap tsap · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-25T10:07:25

Based on this ref: Toggle permission in WebApplication.RightsMask)

Powershell:

$webApp = Get-SPWebApplication -Identity http://mywebapp
$allowSubsites = $false


$newPermissions=$null   
if ($allowSubsites){
    $newPermissions=[Microsoft.SharePoint.SPBasePermissions]($webApp.RightsMask -bor [Microsoft.SharePoint.SPBasePermissions]::ManageSubWebs)
}
else
{
    $newPermissions=[Microsoft.SharePoint.SPBasePermissions]($webApp.RightsMask -band [System.Int64](-bnot ([Microsoft.SharePoint.SPBasePermissions]::EmptyMask -bor [Microsoft.SharePoint.SPBasePermissions]::ManageSubWebs)))
}

$webApp.RightsMask = $newPermissions
$webApp.Update()

C#:

   SPWebApplication application = sourceSite.WebApplication;
   application.RightsMask = application.RightsMask | SPBasePermissions.ManageSubwebs;
   application.Update();

Programmatically access User permissions for web application in sharepoint 2010

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