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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>User objects are exposed through the webservice, but if you try to update a user record via that interface it fails.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The reason it fails is because the update is missing the mandatory password fields. As these fields can’t be supplied during an update process (they aren’t known). you can’t update a user entity.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The workaround is remove the mandatory flags from the password fields using the following sql. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>UPDATE `vtiger_field` SET `typeofdata` = 'P~O' WHERE `tablename` = `vtiger_field`.'vtiger_users' AND `vtiger_field`.`fieldname` IN ('user_password','confirm_password');<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This is a bit of a hack ….<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Chris<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>P.S. Don’t blindly run the above sql make sure its ok for your system…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>