[support] How to bypass permissions for node_save() ?

[Ted]

On 3/22/2011 10:48 AM, Xavier Bestel wrote:
> I need a custom field for my users. So I created a computed_field in
> everyone's content_profile, so far so good.
> Now the problem is when I want to recompute that field from another
> user's action, it seems it fails because of the permissions.
> Here's a part of the code:
>
> foreach($comptes as $uid =>  $val) {
>      $result = db_query("SELECT name from {users} where uid = '%d'",
> $uid);
>      $user = drupal_unpack(db_fetch_object($result));
>      $profilnode = content_profile_load('profile', $uid);
>      if($profilnode)
>          node_save($profilnode); /* update the computed_field */
> }
>
> How can I bypass the permissions system to make node_save() work ?
> I'm using Drupal 6.

user_access caches perms, otherwise you would be able to temporarily add 
a role with 'administer nodes'. Instead, you'll need to swap out the 
global $user for uid 1 temporarily (and rename your local $user var). 
After you're done with the node_save, remember to swap the old $user back.

You might also be interested in the patch(es) in this issue: 
http://drupal.org/node/697856

Ted