Re: [Dspace-tech] Unplanned user access

2008-06-23 Thread Nigel Pegus
Hello all, I have analyzed this problem again. What happens is that a given users level of access is imposed on any subsequent user of the SAME system when accessing Dspace under one of the following conditions 1) Once login is attempted within 2-4 mins of the first user's logging out. 2) The su

Re: [Dspace-tech] Unplanned user access

2008-05-27 Thread Nigel Pegus
Hi Mike, Possibly I have been experimenting with users advancing to the point where they can click on the open button for a specific item but the system would then bar entry AFTER clicking the open button (had I gone further). I would have assumed that they had access to the item having gotten by

Re: [Dspace-tech] Unplanned user access

2008-05-26 Thread Nigel Pegus
Mike, Thanks for your input. I haven't had any other responses yet so I'm assuming this is not something that has happened allot. I tried what you suggested and it does work! (ctrl refresh brings up correct status of page) but my concern is that unprivileged users accessing the item form the outs

Re: [Dspace-tech] Unplanned user access

2008-05-26 Thread Michael White
Hi Nigel, > my concern is that unprivileged users accessing the item > form the outside will in certain cases get access to restricted > content In my experience I don't think this can happen - even if I'm looking at a cached version of a page that seems to suggest I'm logged on when I'm not,

Re: [Dspace-tech] Unplanned user access

2008-05-26 Thread Christophe Dupriez
Hi Michaƫl and Nigel! Just to make things clear: DSpace does not cache, it is the browser. DSpace only says to the browser that the old version is still valid. (the browser first ask for the http-headers and only if the local content is expired, request the complete page). To force access to

Re: [Dspace-tech] Unplanned user access

2008-05-26 Thread Michael White
Hi Nigel, You wrote: > While experimenting with groups and restricting user access to various > collections I noted that it is possible to log out the system then > attempt to access an item in a collection which is not normally publicly > accessible. The system will indicated that the user th

[Dspace-tech] Unplanned user access

2008-05-21 Thread Nigel Pegus
Hello all, I am running dspace 1.4.1 on linux v3 update 6 with Apache Tomcat 6.0.1 and Postgres 8.2-506. While experimenting with groups and restricting user access to various collections I noted that it is possible to log out the system then attempt to access an item in a collection which is