Re: [Exist-open] [feature] New Access Control List Editor GUI

[Adam R. <ad...@ex...>]

I will give it a try tomorrow on a completely clean system and report
back... Thanks for the feedback Alister.
On 19 Nov 2012 21:48, "Alister Pillow" <gsp...@gm...> wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> I've run svn update and ./build.sh rebuild - then updated the Dashboard.
> Shiny new Java Admin Client button is good.
>
> Still can't get the ACL (Resource Properties) dialog to appear - the same
> error is occurring:
> Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.ClassFormatError: Illegal
> class name "[L[Ljava/lang/Object;;" in class file
> org/exist/client/security/EditPropertiesDialog
>         at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
>
> The modified User Manager works fine.
>
> There's always been a strange duplication of effort/functionality between
> the Java Admin Client and the Admin Web Application - compounded now by
> having a separate "User Manager" web-app. In the past, the "User
> Management" section of the Admin web-app has had a warning against its use
> - although I found it to be quite adequate for low numbers of users.
>
> My personal opinion is that the web-app approach would be better (than the
> Java client) in the long term as it can be more easily updated and managed
> (e.g for large numbers of users)- or modified locally if needed. Another
> significant benefit is that it provides example code (XQuery, Javascript
> and HTML) for many features - and an opportunity to display best-practices.
>
> In my web-app, I've modified the old "Browse Collections" page to let me
> adjust permissions, owner and Group  - plus perform other management
> functions. I would like to be able to apply ACL features in the same way.
> (So I'm looking forward to examples of using the new security manager
> features.)
>
> On the subject of User Management - is it safe to import the full /db
> backup from v1.4.x into v2.x? Will users be imported correctly?
>
> Regards,
> Alister.
>
>
> On 20/11/2012, at 3:40 AM, Adam Retter <ad...@ex...> wrote:
>
> > I think you might need to do a clean re-build.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 19 November 2012 02:12, Alister Pillow <gsp...@gm...> wrote:
> > Running trunk  version 17634 on Mac 10.8.2
> > java version "1.6.0_37"
> > Client is running in Java 7 (apple made me do it!) from bin/client.sh
> >
> > The Resources Properties dialog fails to appear. (Select a collection or
> resource; click button "edit owners/permissions for selected resource")
> >
> > This error is displayed in the Terminal
> > Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.ClassFormatError:
> Illegal class name "[L[Ljava/lang/Object;;" in class file
> org/exist/client/security/EditPropertiesDialog
> >         at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
> >
> > The exist.log doesn't show anything - is there another log to check?
> >
> > Do I need to run ./build.sh clean?
> >
> > On 19/11/2012, at 9:01 AM, Adam Retter <ad...@ex...> wrote:
> >
> > > I have completely rewritten the Resource Properties dialog in the Java
> Admin Client. This dialog is now hopefully more friendly, and also includes
> a complete Access Control List editor, so that you can control your ACLs
> from here.
> > >
> > > Again, I would appreciate some feedback and testing if anyone is
> interested.
> > >
> > > p.s. As with my previous change, a lot of actions now happen by right
> clicking (you get a popup menu) ;-)
> > >
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