Edit DCR in Workflow

Hello,

I have a workflow that allows a contributor to submit a DCR to the approver. The approver can then EDIT the DCR, approve, dissapprove, or cancel the job.
I am having a problem with the approver editing the DCR as TeamSite throws the error: "You do not have permissions to edit this file".

1. I have checked the acls - ok.
2. I have put an unlock task before the approver task to unlock the DCR.
3. The workarea has the correct Group for Sharing.

Note: The approver can create an new DCR without getting a permission error.

Any Ideas?
Thanks in advance!!

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Migrateduser

I'll shoot the standard questions...

What TS version, what OS / version?

Can you also paste the task's XML definition from the .wft file?

Finally, are you able to mimic the userid and edit this file from the OS?

Dave

Current Environment(s):
(1) TS 6.1 SP1 on W2K3
(2) TS 6.1 SP1 on W2K
(3) TS 5.5.2 SP2 on Win2K

Adam Stoller

Perhaps you're running into a lock issue.
If you run iwfilestate full-vpath-to-DCR from the command line on the server - what does it show?

--fish
Senior Consultant, Quotient Inc.
http://www.quotient-inc.com

summergs

Windows2000, TS5.5
It appears as though my 'Group for Sharing' is not taking. If I look at the file permissions via Window Security tab I do NOT see the Group for Sharing that I set up when I created the Branch and the WorkArea.
If I look at the File Properties through TeamSite (via File: File Properties) I see:
-----------------------
Area Security: \default\main\gov\Projects\state\WORKAREA\workarea
Writable Owner Permissions
Yes SERVER\user1 SERVER\user1: Full Control (All)
SERVER\state: Full Control (All)
Workflow:
Job (ID) Job Owner Task (ID) Task Owner
This file is not associated with any tasks.
Lock:
Workarea Lock Holder Lock Time
This file is not locked.
TeamSite Extended Attributes:
Attribute Value
TeamSite/Templating/DCR/Type State_Templates/Test
------------------------------
iwfilestate indicates:
Conflicts: No
Current: Yes
Modified: Yes
Editable: Yes
Not Locked
Not Assigned

Adam Stoller

Am I correct in interpreting this output that SERVER\state is a group, and that the reviewing editor in the workflow process is a member of that group?
Was this editor recently added to this group? - if so you might need to run 'iwreset' (without any flags) to force TeamSite to re-read the userid and groups.
Are you using ActiveDirectory server or some form of LDAP server for authentication? Perhaps there's a problem with TeamSite getting that information?

In this particular case - the output shows that the file you're looking at is *not* associated with a job, so I'm assuming you got this output either *before* the job was started or *after* the job was completed - and not, as suggested at the point in which the workflow complains about the user not having editing rights (although to be fair, I missed the fact that you said you had put an unlock task prior to the review task)

Is the review task a grouptask or a usertask? If a grouptask - did the reviewer take ownership of the task before attempting to edit the DCR?

It's kind of difficult to tell how close or far from the mark my questions are - as I cannot experience the problem first-hand - but hopefully they'll either hit the mark or lead to something that will...

--fish
Senior Consultant, Quotient Inc.
http://www.quotient-inc.com

summergs

Hello, (TS5.5, WIndows 2000)

I am SOOO frustrated! My DCRs are losing the NTFS group (in the security tab) when edited or a new DCR created. It apprears that the Group for Sharing when setting up the Branches and Workareas are only for the Backing Store and not for NTFS. I am trying to run the windows cacls from the workflow but I must not have the syntax correct. Can someone sanity check my syntax?

Many Thanks!

$ntfsCommand = "C:/WINNT/system/cacls Y:/default/main/mybranch/WORKAREA/workarea /E /T /G HO662_51:C";

Workflow task:
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Reset NTFS permissions
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
__INSERT__("<externaltask name='NTFS_Reset' owner='$varApprover3' readonly='t'><areavpath v='$areavpath'/>");
__INSERT__("<successors><successorset description='NTFS Complete'><succ v='Final_Review'/></successorset></successors>\n");
__INSERT__("<command v='$ntfsCommand'/>\n");
__INSERT__("<activation><pred v='Unlock_Approver3'/></activation>");
__INSERT__("</externaltask>\n");

Adam Stoller

You cannot run a command like that for externaltasks - you need to wrap the command in a script that will perform a callback.

However - it might be simpler if you simply make sure you have a properly configured submit.cfg file - read the Admin manul for more details

--fish
Senior Consultant, Quotient Inc.
http://www.quotient-inc.com

summergs

Ugg...I forgot that I had to perform that via script....DUH!
Thanks!!!

civ3

Is the review task read-only task?

I didn't experience NTFS issues myself. So I don't have a clue for NTFS problem.

civ3.