Bill, we have implemented a Protel library system similar to what you describe. It makes use of Protel .ddb file access control. In Design Team folder in library .ddb you will find another foolder, called Members. There you set up names and passwords for all people with access to the library. You will have to create a list of all users here by adding new users. After doing that go to Permissions folder and set up access rights for [All users] and individual users. You can set up global access rights and access rights to individual files. Access rights to individual files overwrite the global access rights. You will have to create new permissions here. Master library can be set with a global access right such as [R] for read only. Information on details of setting this up can be found in the P99SE manual.
We have been using this system for a couple of years and never had any problems. Hope this helps. Regards, Igor -----Original Message----- From: Brooks,Bill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 4 September 2003 2:11 AM To: 'Protel EDA Forum'; 'DXP Technical Forum' Subject: [PEDA] Library management in a multi-user environment - is this broken? I need to hear other's experiences with library management in Protel 99SE SP6. (I assume that DXP is similar) We have many users in our company and access to the library seems to only work for users that have 'write' access to the library file and folder. If they are restricted to 'read only' access the program doesn't recognize the file. The work around, at the moment, is to copy the library out of the 'read only' directory on our server and place the copy locally where the user has 'write' access. The software seems to like that scenario fine. But then we have multiple copies of the library in different stages of completion floating around the company on different computers. The temptation to use 'non-standard' symbols or footprints is potentially hazardous... We want to control the accuracy of the library and want to have one responsible designer manage the library for consistency sake and to reduce errors. Does anyone have a library system or configuration that works and that allows other users access to a single library that gets updated only by the component librarian with write privileges while the others who use it have read privileges? If so, how did you make it work and how did you get around these access right issues? Bill Brooks * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
