iRODS 5: Update PRC to use new `group` keyword for `rcGeneralAdmin`

[mstfdkmn]

We're encountering the following errors when trying to create a group in iRODS 5.0.0. We suspect the issue originates from this.

The client side error:

root@f6655138b3dd:/# cat test.py
import os, os.path
from irods.session import iRODSSession

env_file = os.getenv('IRODS_ENVIRONMENT_FILE', os.path.expanduser('~/.irods/irods_environment.json'))
with iRODSSession(irods_env_file=env_file) as session:
    session.groups.create("test_group")

root@f6655138b3dd:/# python3 test.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "//test.py", line 9, in <module>
    session.groups.create("test_group")
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/irods/session.py", line 121, in create
    return super(_GroupManager, self).create(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/irods/manager/user_manager.py", line 317, in create
    response = conn.recv()
               ^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/irods/connection.py", line 196, in recv
    raise exc
irods.exception.SYS_NOT_ALLOWED: Error: Using 'add' with 'user' and type 'rodsgroup' is not allowed. Use 'add' with 'group' instead.

irods logs:

[2025-06-10T09:05:57.661Z][icts-t-cloud-rdm-leu-2] {"processname": "rsyslogd", "groupname": "rsyslogd", "pid": "109", "channel": "stdout", "rsyslogd": {"log_category": "api", "log_level": "info", "log_message": "rsGeneralAdmin: rcGeneralAdmin error -169000", "request_api_name": "GENERAL_ADMIN_AN", "request_api_number": 701, "request_api_version": "d", "request_client_user": "operator", "request_host": "127.0.0.1", "request_proxy_user": "operator", "request_release_version": "rods4.3.4", "server_host": "icts.irods.t.icts.kuleuven.be", "server_pid": 1876577, "server_timestamp": "2025-06-10T09:05:57.660Z", "server_type": "agent", "server_zone": "icts"}}
[2025-06-10T09:05:57.661Z][icts-t-cloud-rdm-leu-2] {"processname": "rsyslogd", "groupname": "rsyslogd", "pid": "109", "channel": "stdout", "rsyslogd": {"log_category": "api", "log_level": "error", "log_message": "_rsGeneralAdmin: Error: Using 'add' with 'user' and type 'rodsgroup' is not allowed. Use 'add' with 'group' instead.", "request_api_name": "GENERAL_ADMIN_AN", "request_api_number": 701, "request_api_version": "d", "request_client_user": "operator", "request_host": "127.0.0.1", "request_proxy_user": "operator", "request_release_version": "rods4.3.4", "server_host": "icts.irods.t.icts.kuleuven.be", "server_pid": 1876577, "server_timestamp": "2025-06-10T09:05:57.660Z", "server_type": "agent", "server_zone": "icts"}}

[korydraughn]

That is expected as the PRC has not been updated to support iRODS 5 yet.

The problem is due to a change in keywords for the rcGeneralAdmin API.

irods.exception.SYS_NOT_ALLOWED: Error: Using 'add' with 'user' and type 'rodsgroup' is not allowed. Use 'add' with 'group' instead.

See https://github.com/irods/irods/blob/2d7d0e4d2251dd3a052dfb1f00c410afb7aa834d/lib/administration/user/src/user_administration.cpp#L122-L138 for details.

This will be addressed in the next release of the PRC.

[d-w-moore]

hi @mstfdkmn , if you're up for it, you can try the top two commits on https://github.com/d-w-moore/python-irodsclient/tree/main5, and you should be pretty much iRODS5 compatible. No guarantees apply, however. ; )

[d-w-moore]

@mstfdkmn I've put some further changes in a different branch (more later) that will soon be part of a Github pull request for iRODS 5 compatibility. It will include, unlike the branch I referred you to earlier, reverse compatibility with iRODS 4.x as well.

[mstfdkmn]

Thank you.

[alanking]

@d-w-moore - Please close if complete. Thanks