Uncomment specifyuser_spprincipal usage

[alesan99]

Fixes #7861

Checklist

• Self-review the PR after opening it to make sure the changes look good and
  self-explanatory (or properly documented)
• Add relevant issue to release milestone
• Add pr to documentation list
• Add automated tests

Testing instructions

• Use a db created with the guided setup in Specify 7
• Make sure creating a user doesn't cause a crash
• Open up an existing database made in Specify 6 in Specify 7
• Make sure creating a user doesn't cause a crash in Specify 7
• Make sure creating a user in the existing DB properly creates Specify 6 permissions. You can verify this by logging into the user in Specify 6 (if you make them a manager in 7, it should work when you log into them in 6). If it works when creating it through v7.11.2, then it should work when creating it with this PR.

[alesan99]

From @grantfitzsimmons

Testing instructions

• Use a db created with the guided setup in Specify 7

• Make sure creating a user doesn't cause a crash

• Open up an existing database made in Specify 6 in Specify 7

• Make sure creating a user doesn't cause a crash in Specify 7

Using the same database I made with Specify 7:

• Make sure creating a user properly creates Specify 6 permissions. You can verify this by logging into the user in Specify 6 (if you make them a manager in 7, it should work when you log into them in 6).

Hmm...

13:54:25 DEBUG brc.util.FileCache:357 - Loading old cache mapping data from longTerm.Cache
13:54:25  WARN brc.util.FileCache:417 - Unable to locate old cache mapping file.  Building cache... 0 / 0
13:54:25 DEBUG brc.util.FileCache:520 - Cache Size: 0 / 0
13:54:25 DEBUG brc.util.FileCache:357 - Loading old cache mapping data from forms.Cache
13:54:25  WARN brc.util.FileCache:417 - Unable to locate old cache mapping file.  Building cache... 0 / 0
13:54:25 DEBUG brc.util.FileCache:520 - Cache Size: 0 / 0
13:54:27 DEBUG ui.db.PropertiesPickListAdapter:292 - Saving PickList
13:54:27 DEBUG ui.db.PropertiesPickListAdapter:296 - [login.databases][KUEntomology_2026_02_27,newdb_2026_03_30,newdb_sp6_2026_02_23,specify]
13:54:27 DEBUG ui.db.PropertiesPickListAdapter:308 - [login.databases_selected][newdb_2026_03_30]
13:54:27 DEBUG ui.db.PropertiesPickListAdapter:292 - Saving PickList
13:54:27 DEBUG ui.db.PropertiesPickListAdapter:296 - [login.servers][localhost,127.0.0.1]
13:54:27 DEBUG ui.db.PropertiesPickListAdapter:308 - [login.servers_selected][127.0.0.1]
13:54:27 DEBUG brc.ui.UIHelper:1647 - try login
13:54:27 DEBUG specify.module.DbLoginCallbackHandler:89 - handle
13:54:29 ERROR ui.db.DatabaseLoginPanel$17:1340 - com.install4j.api.launcher.SplashScreen$ConnectionException: no splash screen available
13:54:35 DEBUG specify.dbsupport.SpecifySchemaUpdateService:211 - appVerNumArg: [6.8.03] dbVersion from XML[2.10] appVersion[6.8.03] schemaVersion[2.10]  spverId[1]  recVerNum[1] 
13:54:35  INFO brc.dbsupport.HibernateUtil:198 - Using database [jdbc:mysql://127.0.0.1:3306/newdb_2026_03_30?characterEncoding=UTF-8&autoReconnect=true]
13:54:38 DEBUG brc.ui.UIHelper$1DBListener:1854 - UIHelper.doLogin[DBListener]
13:54:38 DEBUG brc.specify.Specify:2940 - loggedIn - database[newdb_2026_03_30] username[specify6]
13:54:38 DEBUG brc.specify.Specify:2474 - restartApp
13:54:38 DEBUG core.db.DBTableIdMgr:141 - Reading in datamodel file: /Applications/Specify/config/specify_datamodel.xml to create and populate DBTableMgr
13:54:38 DEBUG core.db.DBTableIdMgr:311 - Done Reading in datamodel file: /Applications/Specify/config/specify_datamodel.xml
13:54:38  WARN hibernate.util.JDBCExceptionReporter:77 - SQL Error: 1054, SQLState: 42S22
13:54:38 ERROR hibernate.util.JDBCExceptionReporter:78 - Unknown column 'division0_.divisionId' in 'SELECT'
org.hibernate.exception.SQLGrammarException: could not load an entity: [edu.ku.brc.specify.datamodel.Division#1]
	at org.hibernate.exception.SQLStateConverter.convert(SQLStateConverter.java:67)
	at org.hibernate.exception.JDBCExceptionHelper.convert(JDBCExceptionHelper.java:43)

newdb_2026_03_30.sql.zip

[melton-jason]

For those which are having troubles installing or using Specify 6 and don't have access to the database, here are some steps on how to verify the Specify 6 permissions within Specify 7 using a branch I made based on this one: issue-7861-test.

On that branch, I have defined a new endpoint :/permissions/list_six_perms/<USER_ID> which can be called to retrieve the Specify 6 permissions for an associated user with the id <USER_ID>.
The return value of the endpoint is list of permissions in the form [user_name, permission_group, permission_name, permission_scope].
For this PR, you would be looking for permission_group and permission_name values that match the assigned User Group of the provided user.

For example:

Screen.Recording.2026-03-31.at.2.54.18.PM.mov

In the video I assigned the testuser user to the Full Access group, so I am expecting there to be a Specify 6 permission with Full Access in each collection (which is the case in the video).

Below is the behavior on main (where the Specify 6 permissions are not created):

Screen.Recording.2026-03-31.at.3.00.55.PM.mov

[kwhuber]

• Make sure creating a user doesn't cause a crash
• Make sure creating a user doesn't cause a crash in Specify 7

Per the testing suggestion by @melton-jason:

• Make sure creating a user in the existing DB properly creates Specify 6 permissions. You can verify this by logging into the user in Specify 6 (if you make them a manager in 7, it should work when you log into them in 6). If it works when creating it through v7.11.2, then it should work when creating it with this PR.

Screen.Recording.2026-03-31.at.5.25.31.PM.mov

[lexiclevenger]

• Make sure creating a user doesn't cause a crash
• Make sure creating a user doesn't cause a crash in Specify 7
• Make sure creating a user in the existing DB properly creates Specify 6 permissions.

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Looks good! No problems when creating users, and 6 permissions are created.

[melton-jason]

Looks good! Nice work, glad we caught this before the release 😌

Testing instructions

• Use a db created with the guided setup in Specify 7
• Make sure creating a user doesn't cause a crash
• Open up an existing database made in Specify 6 in Specify 7
• Make sure creating a user doesn't cause a crash in Specify 7
• Make sure creating a user in the existing DB properly creates Specify 6 permissions. You can verify this by logging into the user in Specify 6 (if you make them a manager in 7, it should work when you log into them in 6). If it works when creating it through v7.11.2, then it should work when creating it with this PR.