Strange Permissions Behavior with Public/Private Drop Box

Strange Permissions Behavior with Non-Course Drop Box
In an effort to promote iTunes U on campus this semester (and to get people working with audio and video more) we're having a contest in which people can submit personal or group audio/video projects.
This being an iTunes promo, we intend for students to submit their contributions via a drop box.
To that end, I began experimenting with drop boxes in iTunes U, which I haven't done much of previously. I've created a course called "iTunes U Drop Box Test" under "Campus Events". Within that, I have two tabs: "Featured Submissions" and "Dropbox". My goal with this drop box was to allow faculty, students and college folks the ability to use the drop box ("college" being a role I've defined for those who don't fit into the faculty/student roles).
When I first started experimenting, access to the "iTunes U Drop Box Test" course looked like this:
--- Credentials (System) ---
Edit: Administrator@urn:mace:itunesu.com:sites:lafayette.edu
Download: Authenticated@urn:mace:itunesu.com:sites:lafayette.edu
Download: Unauthenticated@urn:mace:itunesu.com:sites:lafayette.edu
Download: All@urn:mace:itunesu.com:sites:lafayette.edu
--- Credentials ----
Download: College@urn:mace:lafayette.edu
Download: Instructor@urn:mace:lafayette.edu
Download: Instructor@urn:mace:lafayette.edu:classes:${IDENTIFIER}
Download: Student@urn:mace:lafayette.edu
Download: Student@urn:mace:lafayette.edu:classes:${IDENTIFIER}
For the "Featured" Submissions tab, I gave the non-system credentials the "download" right, and for the "Dropbox" tab I gave the non-system credentials the "dropbox" right.
My understanding of this setup is that everyone should have had the ability to view the course and the contents of the "Featured Submissions" tab and that those in the College/Instructor/Student roles would be able to upload files via the "Dropbox" tab ... but not see the contents of said tab after the files were uploaded (aside from any files they uploaded themselves).
This is not the behavior we saw however. While the College/Instructor/Student roles could upload files to the dropbox, everyone (including the unauthenticated public) was able to see all of the contents of the dropbox.
The only way I could get this to work as advertised was to change all of the system credentials save the "Administrator" to "No Access":
--- Credentials (System) ---
Edit: Administrator@urn:mace:itunesu.com:sites:lafayette.edu
No Access: Authenticated@urn:mace:itunesu.com:sites:lafayette.edu
No Access: Unauthenticated@urn:mace:itunesu.com:sites:lafayette.edu
No Access: All@urn:mace:itunesu.com:sites:lafayette.edu
Once I did this, everything worked as advertised: College/Instructor/Student roles could upload tracks, and the "Dropbox" tab would only display tracks they uploaded.
So my question is ... is this the correct behavior for the drop box? It looks like when the system credentials are in play, they're simply overriding whatever the normal "view" rule is for the drop box, which doesn't seem right.

Your current configuration where things work as you wanted does seem correct to me. You are not using any System Credentials to accomplish the functionality and that's fine.
Here's some more info to clarify how / why this is working for you and why you had to set "No Access" for the System Credentials:
The System Credential "Authenticated@..." is going to get assigned to any user that goes through your transfer script. Even if you transfer script assigns no credentials to a user, upon entering iTunes U they will have at least 1 - the "Authenticated@..." credential. Therefore, unless you block access using "No Access", any user that passes through your transfer script is going to be able to access the area in question.
When you change values for "Unauthenticated@..." or "All@..." you are defining what someone that DOES NOT pass through your transfer script can do. You want both of those to be "No Access" at the top level of your site if you do not want unauthenticated visitors.
The distinction between "Unauthenticated" and "All" is that "All" applies to all users whether they pass through the transfer script or not.
Here's another way to remember things:
User passes through your transfer script, iTunes U automatically assigns:
Authenticated@....
All@....
User does not pass through your transfer script and instead access your iTunes U site through derivable URL*, they get assigned:
Unauthenticated@....
All@....
*The derivable URL for a site is: http://deimos.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/site-domain-name
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http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ieinternals/archive/2011/05/14/10164546.aspx
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/262161

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The AV system is connected to a power strip behind my TV, and the iMac is connected to a separate power strip behind my desk. Both strips are on the same circuit in my bedroom, but otherwise are not connected to each other.
I do not have this problem when I switch power to the lights or my TV, it is only the receiver that is causing this problem.
Does anybody have any ideas as to why this is happening?

Two things that I can think of...
1. Are you using Snow Leopard, and if so does the AV unit have any WiFi capabilities?
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I have a Nook Color and Windows 7. B&N has exchanged my Color Nook twice ....but .............I am beginning to think that the problem is with ADE or something else.
When I am reading a Library book, about 10 to 15 minutes into the book, I will get some word/words highlighted in the "lookup" form...and then the menu appears. I can't actually look up a word...the Nook just freezes. I put the Color Nook to "sleep", turn it back on, and all is well for about another 10 minutes.
This is happenning with multiple libraries in different states. So......either it is a glitch in my installation of ADE or it is a problem that the libraries are having.
I was wondering if anybody else has had this issue. I don't get any error messages when I download a book.
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Hi! It sounds like you have set up your Nook and ADE so that they work
together and with library software. And if you can read other ebooks that
aren't from a library on your Nook, then it's probably not a setup issue.
So, I am thinking that the issues you're having deal with something in the
ebooks themselves.
ADE just copies the text from the source location to its library. ADE does
not edit or change the text in any way. Library book software can do certain
things with the 'tag' file that contains publishing rights. Chief among
them is to set a time and date for expiration of the loan. If your computer
or Nook clock does not display the same time and date, it's possible that
the information from the library is getting screwed up so that the Nook
shuts down the ebook. So, the first thing I'd suggest is to check the time
and date settings in both places. It would be interesting also to try and
read the ebook on your computer via ADE and see if the same problem occurs.
You could contact the library help desk and get information on what software
they're using - that might point to an issue in it if it's the same software
at multiple libraries from which you've downloaded ebooks.
Hope this helps!
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I agree Mike; the "IT pride" is a wide spread issue in this line of work that leaves a lame taste of the profession.
Long story short. It was probably corrupt image though there isn't a definitive way to confirm that (again, I try to stay away from the IT people assumptions).
What is back and white is the remedy. After formatting the flash and uploading the SAME image the SNMP problem went away.
Thanks
~B

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Details
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Unknown: UNKNOWN
Always Allow doesn't work (yes I checked the box for Keychain to remember). I created a new Keychain in case the old one was corrupted to no effect. I can still log in to the FM server, but this disturbs me, and the series of these dialogs is time consuming.
The reason I'm here is the "UNKNOWN" in the dialog. This is only happening in FM Pro 9 Adv. I've searched the FM Forums and this site for "keychain" and "unknown" as well as phrases from the dialog.
Has anyone els had this happen?

Well, learning is good: All I had to do was open Keychain Access, type "FMP7" into the search box and delete the keys that were listed (one for each db). So Keychain Access can search inside the keys. I didn't that, but now I do.
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