ACL on Users

Question

Hi I have written the following function to create my own ACL and effect the
same on the
groups and a particular folder.Though the ACL object gets createdand gets listed
in the web browser view
, when i click it, i am not able to view the details,but instead , i get a
window saying"Unable to modify the ACL details"...The same
problem persists in the IFSMANAGR console also..
Also the ACL does not really work for the User..
that is, the User who should not view the folder is able to view it ,even though
the ACL is applied.
..I would be very greatful if someone could scrutinize the below code and
explain me the reason for the above behaviour.
public ISecurityPolicy createSecurityPolicy( String[] permissions ,
oracle.ifs.beans.Group aGroup, LibrarySession ifs,String name ){try{
AccessLevel permission = new AccessLevel(permissions);
AccessControlEntryDefinition aceDef = new
AccessControlEntryDefinition(ifs); aceDef.setAccessLevel(permission);
aceDef.setGrantee( aGroup.unWrap() );
AccessControlListDefinition ACLDef = newAccessControlListDefinition(ifs);
ACLDef.addAceDefinition(aceDef); ACLDef.setName(name);
new_acl = (AccessControlList)ifs.createPublicObject(ACLDef);
System.out.println("THE NEW ACL CREATED <Security policy>
:"+new_acl.getName() ); return this; }catch(Exception e) {
System.out.println("Error in the creation of the security policy <SECURITY
POLICY > :"+e); return null; } }
Thanks in advance,
Raja

Answer 1

Which user are you creating the ACL as ?. Which user are using when you try the access the ACL via iFSManager or the WebUI ?
Remember that when an ACL is created it inherits the default ACL of the user who created it. This means that in order to edit an ACL the user attempting to modify the ACL must have permission to update it.
I need much more information in order to be able to determine what you are trying to achieve and why it is not working.
Can you post the complete source to the class that contains the method in your earlier post.
If this class is not ISecurityPolicy please post the code to this class too.
Also where does oracle.ifs.beans.Group come from. The iFS Class which represents a Group is DirectoryGroup. If oracle.ifs.beans.Group is your own class please supply source.
Please post the code that shows how you set up the arguments to createSecurityPolicy. I need to see what permissions contains and where aGroup comes from.
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