Re: Access level problem on gnats 4.0

Hi Evan, ...

On 02/10/2004 08:50 AM, Evan Lavelle submitted:
> I've just installed gnats 4.0 and I'm having a problem getting access to 
> a database. This is a single machine (RH7.2), single-user trial setup, 
> using gnatsd. 'host_access' contains:
> 
> localhost:admin:
> *:listdb:

There are two locations where you can place the "access" files:

   1. <instdir>/etc/gnats/

   2. <dbdir>/gnats-adm/

Check for a gnatsd.user_access file in both locations. Note that
the one in the <dbdir> will override the one in <instdir>.

> 
> query-pr gives me an 'acess denied' message, and USER says that my 
> access level is 'listdb'. If I remove the '*:listdb:' entry then I don't 
> get any permissions at all. I've tried variations on 'localhost', and 
> tried 'edit' instead of 'admin', but nothing gives me an access level 
> above listdb.
> 
> I've also tried creating a 'user_access' which contains the single line
> 
> evan::admin

The syntax of the gnatsd.user_access file has changed some.
You should use the following equivalent:

evan:$0$:admin:

> 
> but this doesn't make any difference. I know that gnatsd is successfully 
> restaring because removing the '*:listdb:' line lowers the permissions.
> 
> Any ideas?

Hope this helps.

--
Mel Hatzis