FTP process flow not using registered userid

Hi,
I posted the following last week, to the back of a thread that Igor was answering to, but haven't seen any replies yet. Can some body answer the question regarding the userid used on the target location when an FTP process flow is ran please?
Thanks again.
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Igor,
I followed the examples given in this thread, and checked the case study in the PDF, but am still not able to 'get' a file using FTP to the desired location.
I have an FTP work flow configured with the Path Settings pointing to: REMOTE LOCATION is a w2k server, WORKING LOCATION is on Unix. These locations are registered in the Deployment Mgr properly.
I am able to PUT a file to win2k from Unix, but not GET.
This is caused by the fact that, during FTP WF execution, it is ran as Unix user 'oracle', whom do not have write access to the Root Path registered for the WORKING LOCATION. (I can do a get to /tmp).
Also, I am getting these messages in the execution log, even if the FTP was successful:
WARNING: Log file truncated - see RAB for further information.
ftp: ioctl I_PUSH ttcompat: No such device or address
ftp: ioctl(TIOCGETP): No such device or address
All of these problems indicate that the run time Unix user, 'oracle', doesn't have sufficient rights to various directories. Is it possible to force OWB use the userid that was registered for the WORKING LOCATION?
Thanks.

Hi,
Please follow the below steps.
1. Kill the OWF process using the Oracle Workflow Monitor.
- On the OWF Monitor home page, use "Find Process" to find the process
- In the "Process List" page, click on the Process Name
- Click on the "View Diagram" button
- Click on the "Abort Process" button
In the process list, the process should have a white-black flag.
2. Connect as the Workflow schema owner and execute the following commands in order to purge the item type.
- WF_PURGE.TOTAL package : deletes obsolete runtime data which includes: Items, Item activity statuses, Notifications, Expired activity versions.
SQL> execute wf_purge.total
- WFRMITT.sql script : deletes all definitions for an Item.
SQL> @< database_oracle_home> wf\admin\sql\WFRMITT.sql
3. Deploy the Workflow Process again from the OWB Deployment Manager.
Thanks,
Leo.

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