add ability to accept undefined users when Registering new experiments -- mostly for test right now

pymods/irods_utils/irods_utils.py

@@ -577,7 +577,9 @@ def RegisterNewExperiment( exp_form_owner,
                            repo_lock_path,
                            force_exp_number=None,
                            logger=None,
-                           time_out_secs=None ):
+                           time_out_secs=None,
+                           accept_undefined_user=False
+                           ):
 
 
     irods_sesh, mrdataforms_base_path = get_irods_session_from_cred_yaml( cred_file_name, time_out_secs=time_out_secs )
@@ -611,7 +613,8 @@ def RegisterNewExperiment( exp_form_owner,
                         + " cast_study_ipath " + cast_study_ipath
             logger.error( error_msg + " err: " + str(err))
             message = "Castellum study " + cast_study_id + " is not registered as active in MrData."
-            return None, message
+            if not accept_undefined_user:
+                return None, message
 
         logger.debug( "Got castellum metadata study from iRODS."
                       " cast_study_id: " + cast_study_id + " cast_study_ipath: " + cast_study_ipath )