Permissions for creating a folder in Bi Publisher

Hi All,
I am unable to create a folder in Bi Publisher Shared Folder.
Regards,
Vishwanath

hi vishwam,
do u have permissions that for u r login user? please check the permissions
Bi Publisher-->Admin>Roles and Permissions>Add Folders: ( Login User name)
Thanks,
Saichand.v

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Message was edited by: Thor Stevens

Thor Stevens wrote:
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import java.util.Iterator;
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import com.sapportals.config.fwk.IConfigManager;
import com.sapportals.config.fwk.IConfigPlugin;
import com.sapportals.config.fwk.IMutableConfigurable;
import com.sapportals.config.fwk.InitialConfigException;
import com.sapportals.portal.security.usermanagement.UserManagementException;
import com.sapportals.wcm.WcmException;
import com.sapportals.wcm.crt.component.IReconfigurable;
import com.sapportals.wcm.crt.component.StartupException;
import com.sapportals.wcm.crt.configuration.ConfigurationException;
import com.sapportals.wcm.crt.configuration.IConfiguration;
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import com.sapportals.wcm.repository.NotSupportedException;
import com.sapportals.wcm.repository.Property;
import com.sapportals.wcm.repository.ResourceException;
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import com.sapportals.wcm.repository.manager.ResourceEvent;
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import com.sapportals.wcm.repository.service.ServiceNotAvailableException;
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 try {
 catch (Exception e) {
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 try {
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 while (it.hasNext()){
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 } catch (WcmException e) {
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 try {
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 mgr.getEventBroker().register(this, new ResourceEvent(ResourceEvent.CREATE_COLLECTION, null));
 } catch (WcmException e) {
 e.printStackTrace();
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 try {
 catch (ConfigurationException ex) {
 this.stateHandler.postReconfigure(ex);
 throw ex;
 this.config = config;
 this.stateHandler.postReconfigure();
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 IResource resource = (IResource) myEvent.getParameter();
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 IConfigPlugin configPlugin = cfg.getConfigPlugin(PLUGIN_FOLDERCREATION_SERVICE);
 if (configPlugin != null) {
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 if (configurable.getConfigClass().getName().equals(CONFIGCLASS_FOLDERCREATION_SERVICE)) {
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 repositoryPath = configurable.getPropertyValue(PROP_MYFOLDER); //// "documents/parentFolder1"
 } catch (InitialConfigException e2) {
 e2.printStackTrace();
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 } catch (AccessDeniedException e1) {
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 e.printStackTrace();
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- <Configurable configclass="com.test.MytestRepositoryService">
<property name="name" value="com.test.MytestRepositoryService" />
<property name="active" value="true" />
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<property name="description" />
</Configurable>
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<attribute name="class" type="class" constant="com.test.MytestRepositoryService" />
</ConfigClass>
Have i done it right?? Where am i going wrong??? Plz advice.
I need to 'myFolder' as a configurable property in KM's Content Management --> Repository Services section.
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I haven't check your code but you know that you can archive the same without writing a portal componente by using the template feature. It is a simple customizing. See http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/55/83bd402b8d8031e10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm
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Briefly
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What Happened
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Thanks, Niel
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I could then switch over to my wife's account, open the file, edited it, and save it, but then the permissions changed to: Her Username - Read/Write, (unknown) - Read/Write, Everyone - Read Only.
And when I switch back to my account, now I can open the file, but I can't save it with my edits.
I'm at my wits end with this, and I can believe it is impossible to create a common folder that we can both put files in to have Read/Write permissions on like a True Shared Folder. Anyone who has used windows knows what you can do with the Shared folder in that operating system, ie. Anyone with access can do anything with those files.
So if anyone can provide me some insight on how to accomplish what I really want to do here and help me get my system back to remove the things it seems like I have screwed up, I greatly appreciate it.
I tried to give as detailed a description of the problem and what I have done as possible, without being to long winded, but if you need to know anything else to help me, please ask, I certainly won't be offended!
Thanks In Advance!
Steve

Thanks again, V.K., for your assistance and especially for the very prompt responses.
I was unaware that I could create a volume on the HD non-destructively using disk utility. This may then turn out to be the better solution after all, but I will have to free up space on this HD and try that.
Also, I was obviously unaware of the special treatment of file creation by TextEdit. I have been using this to test my various settings, and so the inheritance of ACLs has probably been working properly, I just have been testing it incorrectly. URGH!
I created a file from Word in my wife's account, and it properly inherited the permissions of the company folder: barara - Custom, steve - Custom, barara - Read/Write, admin - Read Only, Everyone - Read Only
I tried doing the chmod commands on $TMPDIR for both of us from each of our accounts, but I still have the same behavior for TextEdit files though.
I changed the group on your shared folder to admin from wheel as you instructed with chgrp. I had already changed the umask to 002, and I just changed it back to 022 because it didn't seem to help. But now I know my testing was faulty. I will leave it this way though because I don't think it will be necessary to have it set to 002.
I do apparently still have a problem though, probably as a result of all the things I have tried to get this work while I was testing incorrectly with TextEdit.
I have just discovered that the "unknown user" only appears when I create the a file from my wife's account. It happens with any file or folder I create in her account, and it exists for very old files and folders that were migrated from the old computer. i.e. new and old files and foders have permissions: barara - Read/Write, unknown user - Read Only, Everyone - Read Only
Apparently the unknown user gets the default permissions of a group, as the umask is currently set to 022 and unknown user now gets Read Only permissions on new items, but when I had umask set to 002, the unknown user got Read/Write permissions on new items.
I realize this is now taking this thread in a different direction, but perhaps you know what might be the cause of this and how to correct or at least know where to point me to get the answer.
Also, do you happen to know how to remove users from groups? I added myself and my wife to the Wheel group because that kept showing up as the default group for folders in /Users/Shared
Thanks for your help on this, I just don't know how else one can learn these little "gotchas" without assistance from people like you!
Steve

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