You are correct about the permissions; but in the case of the web-interface
a READ/WRITE map MUST be open by ROOT in order to work. I tried all sort of
different combinations unsuccessfully. I hope the new revision will fix this.


At 10:48 PM 6/7/98 -0400, you wrote:
>A misconception, I think. The running map must be R/W. That does not mean it
>has to be opened by a
>root user. You can configure the map permissions any way you want, using the
>function under 'Configure'
>and have any authorized user open the map R/W. Then web users (who must
NOT be
>root, for other
>reasons) can access it.
>
>Leslie Clark
>IBM Global Services - Network & Systems Management - Detroit
>
>> Is there a way of getting around the restriction that a map has to be
opened
>by
>> a ROOT to make it possible to use the web-interface? Or is something
comming
>in
>> 5.1?
>
>
.
Jorge A. Jiles
Network Analyst
Computing & Network Services
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada