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Bug 319928

Summary:	Engine wants to write files to library
Product:	z_Archived	Reporter:	Byron Palmer <byronpdx>
Component:	BIRT	Assignee:	Birt-ReportEngine-inbox <Birt-ReportEngine-inbox>
Status:	VERIFIED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Xiaoying Gu <bluesoldier>
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	bluesoldier, hustlg
Version:	2.6.0
Target Milestone:	3.7.0
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
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Description Byron Palmer

2010-07-14 18:24:35 EDT

The report engine running alone wants to write files to the ReportEngine directory, specifically the configuration directories. This is a problem because the users typically do not have permission to write to these directories as they could possibly cause problems. 

It writes out a log file indicating that it has problems
!MESSAGE The -clean (osgi.clean) option was not successful. Unable to clean the storage area: K:\OBSS-Test\lib\ReportEngine\configuration\org.eclipse.osgi



It also gives an error

!MESSAGE Unable to save configuration file "K:\OBSS-Test\lib\ReportEngine\configuration\org.eclipse.update\platform.xml.tmp"

Why is it doing this? Can it be stopped. I don't want to give the users write access to that directory.

Comment 1 Gang Liu

2010-12-22 02:34:09 EST

User can specify a writable configuration folder for Report Engine, also should copy the config.ini file to the configuration folder.
Sample Code:
EngineConfig config = new EngineConfig( );
....
HashMap osgiProperties = new HashMap();
osgiProperties .put("osgi.configuration.area", configFolder);
config.setOSGiConfig(map);
Platform.startup( config );

Comment 2 Byron Palmer

2010-12-22 12:40:13 EST

Thanks. I didn't realize that one could do this. Moving forward this will be wonderful, and so simple a fix. Every time I upgraded the report engine I would have to go in and change the permissions. Now that is not necessary.

Comment 3 Xiaoying Gu

2011-01-19 21:22:31 EST

Verified.