Deactivate the given object

    :param brain_or_object: A single catalog brain or content object
    :type brain_or_object: ATContentType/DexterityContentType/CatalogBrain
    :returns: Nothing
    :rtype: None

def deactivate_object(brain_or_object):
    """Deactivate the given object

    :param brain_or_object: A single catalog brain or content object
    :type brain_or_object: ATContentType/DexterityContentType/CatalogBrain
    :returns: Nothing
    :rtype: None
    """
    obj = get_object(brain_or_object)
    # we do not want to delete the site root!
    if is_root(obj):
        fail(401, "Deactivating the Portal is not allowed")
    try:
        do_transition_for(brain_or_object, "deactivate")
    except Unauthorized:
        fail(401, "Not allowed to deactivate object '%s'" % obj.getId())