Agreed! We've been trying to get all copies corrected and it's been a bit difficult. Thank you for the reminder that it's still not fixed. On Tue, 10 Nov 2020, aoanla wrote: > At present (and, it appears, for as long as the feature has been implemented), there is a discrepancy between how the documentation tells you to configure "composite ids" for authdb files, and how the code validates them. > > In the documentation (ie: https://xrootd.slac.stanford.edu/doc/dev50/sec_config.htm#_Toc42289936 ) > The example says: > >> Example >> >> = atlddm o atlas r production u ddm >> >> = atlprod o atlas r production >> >> x atlddm /atlas ld >> >> x atlprod /atlas lrw >> >> o atlas /atlas lr >> >> >> >> A client whose name is ddm and is a member of the atlas organization and has a role of production is allowed to lookup and delete files in /atlas. A client who is a member of the atlas organization and has a role of production is allowed to lookup, read and write files in /atlas. Otherwise, client?s who are members of the atlas organization can only lookup and read file in /atlas. > > And further up, the description of the idspec values is: > >> idspec >> >> is a single letter indicating the type of entity identifier that follows. You must specify one or more of them. >> > > > This will not work, however, as the code is looking for > >> // Id's are of the form 'c:', make sure we have that (don't validate it) >> // >> if (strlen(pp) != 2 || !index("ghoru", *pp)) >> > > That is, it wants something that looks like "o:" not "o". > > Changing the provided specifiers in the Example to > >> = atlddm o: atlas r: production u: ddm >> = atlprod o: atlas r: production > > (and not altering the x lines) > > successfully removes the error. > > Could either the documentation be changed to agree with the code, or the code be changed to agree with the documentation, whichever is out of sync with the design intent? > > -- > You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. > Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: > https://github.com/xrootd/xrootd/issues/1325 -- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/xrootd/xrootd/issues/1325#issuecomment-724847598 ######################################################################## Use REPLY-ALL to reply to list To unsubscribe from the XROOTD-DEV list, click the following link: https://listserv.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=XROOTD-DEV&A=1