Checking Document Management Permissions
If you are having any problems with permissions, use this section to verify that your user and folder settings are assigned properly. You can view current user permission settings for affected folders in Diagnostics Utility.
When the Document Management functionality is installed, permissions are granted to several users for the following folders.
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Folder |
Set by |
Description |
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User |
Defined by user during installation. You can view and change the path to this folder can in the Workarea Settings > Configuration > Asset Server Setup > Storage Location. See Also: root/assetLibrary |
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Ektron |
Defined during Ektron installation. Has settings for both the file system and IIS. |
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siteroot/assets |
Ektron |
Defined during Ektron installation. The Asset Library folder contains file assets uploaded to and managed by DMS. You can view and change the path to this folder in the Workarea Settings > Configuration > Asset Server Setup > Storage Location. |
The assigned permissions vary depending on your server’s operating system.
The following table lists users and their required permissions. Scan the table to determine which users and permissions should be enabled for the folders listed above. You can use this information to troubleshoot permission problems.
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User |
Windows 2000 Pro or XP Pro |
Windows 2003 Server |
Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition |
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IIS_WPG User |
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IUSR_ (The IUSR_ account is required only if |
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IUSR_Group |
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ASP.NET User |
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User Defined (The User Defined user account is required only if |
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The following list shows extended permissions for use with the Document Management functionality.
- Traverse Folder / Execute File
- List Folder / Read Data
- Read Attributes
- Read Extended Attributes
- Create Files / Write Data
- Create Folders / Append Data
- Write Attributes
- Write Extended Attributes
- Delete Subfolder and Files
- Read Permissions
