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# grantPermissionDirectory

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        <h3>grantPermissionDirectory</h3>
        <div className="member-signature"><span className="modifiers">public</span> <span className="return-type"><a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/protocol/GrantPermissionDirectoryResponse" title="class in com.gpudb.protocol">GrantPermissionDirectoryResponse</a></span> <span className="element-name">grantPermissionDirectory</span><wbr /><span className="parameters">(<a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/protocol/GrantPermissionDirectoryRequest" title="class in com.gpudb.protocol">GrantPermissionDirectoryRequest</a> request)</span> throws <span className="exceptions"><a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/GPUdbException" title="class in com.gpudb">GPUdbException</a></span></div>
        <div className="block">\[DEPRECATED--please use <a href="#grantPermission(com.gpudb.protocol.GrantPermissionRequest)"><code>grantPermission</code></a> instead] Grants a <a href="/content/tools/kifs/" target="_top">KiFS</a> directory-level permission to a user or role.</div>

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          <div className="dt">Parameters:</div>
          <div className="dd"><code>request</code> - <a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/protocol/GrantPermissionDirectoryRequest" title="class in com.gpudb.protocol"><code>Request</code></a> object containing the parameters for the operation.</div>
          <div className="dt">Returns:</div>
          <div className="dd"><a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/protocol/GrantPermissionDirectoryResponse" title="class in com.gpudb.protocol"><code>Response</code></a> object containing the results of the operation.</div>
          <div className="dt">Throws:</div>
          <div className="dd"><code><a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/GPUdbException" title="class in com.gpudb">GPUdbException</a></code> - if an error occurs during the operation.</div>
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        <h3>grantPermissionDirectory</h3>
        <div className="member-signature"><span className="modifiers">public</span> <span className="return-type"><a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/protocol/GrantPermissionDirectoryResponse" title="class in com.gpudb.protocol">GrantPermissionDirectoryResponse</a></span> <span className="element-name">grantPermissionDirectory</span><wbr /><span className="parameters">(<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang" className="external-link">String</a> name, <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang" className="external-link">String</a> permission, <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang" className="external-link">String</a> directoryName, <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/util/Map.html" title="class or interface in java.util" className="external-link">Map</a>\<<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang" className="external-link">String</a>,<wbr /><a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang" className="external-link">String</a>> options)</span> throws <span className="exceptions"><a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/GPUdbException" title="class in com.gpudb">GPUdbException</a></span></div>
        <div className="block">\[DEPRECATED--please use <a href="#grantPermission(java.lang.String,java.lang.String,java.lang.String,java.lang.String,java.util.Map)"><code>grantPermission</code></a> instead] Grants a <a href="/content/tools/kifs/" target="_top">KiFS</a> directory-level permission to a user or role.</div>

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          <div className="dt">Parameters:</div>
          <div className="dd"><code>name</code> - Name of the user or role to which the permission will be granted. Must be an existing user or role.</div>

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            <code>permission</code> - Permission to grant to the user or role. Supported values:

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              <li><a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/protocol/GrantPermissionDirectoryRequest.Permission#DIRECTORY_READ"><code>DIRECTORY\_READ</code></a>: For files in the directory, access to list files, download files, or use files in server side functions. </li>
              <li><a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/protocol/GrantPermissionDirectoryRequest.Permission#DIRECTORY_WRITE"><code>DIRECTORY\_WRITE</code></a>: Access to upload files to, or delete files from, the directory. A user or role with write access automatically has read access. </li>
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          <div className="dd"><code>directoryName</code> - Name of the KiFS directory to which the permission grants access. An empty directory name grants access to all KiFS directories.</div>
          <div className="dd"><code>options</code> - Optional parameters. The default value is an empty <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/util/Map.html" title="class or interface in java.util" className="external-link"><code>Map</code></a>.</div>
          <div className="dt">Returns:</div>
          <div className="dd"><a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/protocol/GrantPermissionDirectoryResponse" title="class in com.gpudb.protocol"><code>Response</code></a> object containing the results of the operation.</div>
          <div className="dt">Throws:</div>
          <div className="dd"><code><a href="/content/api/java/com/gpudb/GPUdbException" title="class in com.gpudb">GPUdbException</a></code> - if an error occurs during the operation.</div>
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