Pointing KM to our file server

Hi folks,
We have recently setup a portal prototype and I have got KM working with the folders that exist on the portal server. My question is can I point the KM to our file server that exists on our network? Assuming I can do this, does the Check-in and Check-out/document locking functionality reside on the portal and could users therefore circumvent the security by going directly to the file server instead of the portal?
Thanks for any help you can provide!
-Patrick

Hi Patrick,
you can access the filesystem by creating a CM repository in FSDB mode or a Filesystem repository. Here is a link to
some howto Guide for creating CM repositories:
<a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/com.sap.km.cm.docs/library/kmc/Creating%20a%20">http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/com.sap.km.cm.docs/library/kmc/Creating%20a%20</a>
The locking is supported by the CM repository, but only KM internally. If the user accesses the file from the filesystem, he can change the document content even if the file is locked in KM. I would also propose to deny access on filesystem level after integrating it into KM.
Regards
Lars

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