To Add and Remove a Role Def:
To Add ****** SPRoleDefinition newRole = SharepointHelper.FindRoleDefinition(web.RoleDefinitions, "AdminPermissions"); if (newRole == null) { newRole = new SPRoleDefinition(); newRole.Name = "AdminPermissions"; newRole.Description = "Can edit and approve pages, list items, and documents."; newRole.BasePermissions = SPBasePermissions.CancelCheckout | SPBasePermissions.AddListItems ; web.RoleDefinitions.Add(newRole); } To Remove ********** SPRoleDefinition roleDef = SharepointHelper.FindRoleDefinition(web.RoleDefinitions, "AdminPermissions"); if(roleDef!=null) { web.RoleDefinitions.Remove(roleDef); }
Utility Method
public SPRoleDefinition FindRoleDefinition(SPRoleDefinitionCollection roledefColls, string roleName) { foreach (SPRoleDefinition definition in roledefColls) { if (definition.Name.ToUpper(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) == roleName.ToUpper(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)) return definition; } return null; }
Using SPBasePermissions enumerations you can add your base permissions which creating a Role Def.