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Cant' Add User to Workarea
cashford
I have tried to add an existing user to an existing workarea and it doesn't take. I add the user to the <members> section of the workarea in the iwwa.cfg file and run iwreset. Nothing changes. When the user logs in, the user only sees the original workarea, not the one that I have just added.
Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance.
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Migrateduser
What the heck is iwwa.cfg? Is that some crazy Windows thing?
Dave Smith
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cashford
Here is what the file looks like:
<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes" ?>
<!--
This file maps TeamSite Front-Office users to the workareas they can work in.
There are two ways of mapping workareas:
1. Define a workgroup:
Allows mapping of one or more workareas
to one or more users.
2. Define a user element:
Maps one user to one or more workareas.
In either case the workarea that is being mapped must have a unique alias per user.
For example, a user might be mapped to workareas having aliases a1, a2, a3, and a1.
This would be incorrect, and only the workareas having unique aliases would be accessible
to this user.
A TFO user will be able to see all the workareas that he or she is mapped to, as follows:
* All workareas that this user name is directly mapped to (check the user element in the
config file)
* All workareas that are mapped to workgroups that the user belongs to.
NOTE: The user name element in Windows installations must specify a domain in
addition to the username. That is, <domain>\<username>.
In Solaris installations, the user name element should not specify a domain.
-->
<workareaMap>
<!-- NT example for configuring workareas for multiple users -->
<workgroup>
<workarea alias="developers">
\\dcr-web-2k-03\default\main\synapse\WORKAREA\developers
</workarea>
<members>
<userid name="domain1\user2"/>
<userid name="domain1\user1"/>
</members>
</workgroup>
<workgroup>
<workarea alias="main_area">
\\dcr-web-2k-03\default\main\synapse\WORKAREA\main_area
</workarea>
<members>
<userid name="domain1\user1"/>
<userid name="domain1\user2"/>
<userid name="domain1\puser01"/>
</members>
</workgroup>
</workareaMap>
MattP
our crazy windows box doesn't contan such a thing...haha
what version are you running?
Matt
Matthew Petitjean
BOC Group
Murray Hill, NJ 07974 USA
cashford
We are running 5.5.2.
cashford
If you guys don't have this, how do you add a user to a workarea?
nipper
iwwa.cfg is only for TeamSite Front Office.
if you want others to use a workarea, it needed to be created with sharing to a group and the users need to be a memeber of the group.
Are you trying to add TFO users or just teamsite users ?
Andy
MattP
Should all be handled by NT groups. Is this something specific to teamsite front office?
Matt
Matthew Petitjean
BOC Group
Murray Hill, NJ 07974 USA
cashford
I want to do both, however, the problems that I have been having relate to WebDesk. We have the NT groups with the users setup. How do I associate those groups with a workarea?
Thanks for your help.
MattP
when you create the WA, there is a field called "group for sharing" (or something like that). The nt group name needs to be in there. If it isn't, recreate the WA, and copy all your content into the new area. OR you can use a command line tool IWCHgrp. You can make adjustments on the file system if you need to.
Page 68 - 71 in the admin guide.
Matt
Matthew Petitjean
BOC Group
Murray Hill, NJ 07974 USA
cashford
Thank you for your help with this!
Migrateduser
Hi,
The 'iwwa.cfg' file is specific to Front-Office.
This is where the TFO Config Wizard looks for workareas to display to a user. Configuring the 'iwwa.cfg' file does not grant a user permissions to a WA, but enables them to associate TFO activities with that WA.
Erik
