I'd checked that also. Finally, I got it to work by creating a new empty directory off the root. But if I created an empty subdirectory off of that directory it would not work. Very strange. Definitely a security issue somewhere but for the life of me I can not figure it out. At least it is working for now.
Thanks, Alex ----- Original Message ----- From: "Otis Gospodnetic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lucene Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 6:26 AM Subject: Re: java.io.IOException: couldn't delete backup > Lucene writes locks to some directories (java.io.temp system property), > so make sure you can write to those. > > Otis > > --- Alex Gadea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am trying to setup a Lucene installation on a Windows 2000 server. > > I can not get the IndexWriter to initialize properly. It fails out > > with an IOException error that says it could not delete backup. I > > have opened up permissions on the directory I am attempting to create > > the index in as well as the directory I am attempting to read with no > > success. Right now the permissions are set to Everyone ALL and I > > also setup IIS to be able to write to the 2 directories in case that > > was the problem. Still no luck. Are there any other > > directories/files which Lucene needs access to that I am missing? > > > > writer = new IndexWriter(indexPath, analyzer, > > bCreateIndex.booleanValue()); > > > > Thanks, > > > > Alex Gadea > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. > http://photos.yahoo.com/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
