ABD SS6 QuickConfig - Folder permissions

I have a query that might seem like a minor thing. Deployment guide p4 - there is a table of Windows File/Folder permissions. "Projects" has been separated out of the default install "Workspace". Is there any reason "Users" wasn't also separated out from "Workspace" in the same way?

Its just that at the moment we have to apply permissions at the sub-folder level, and renew these each time a new SS version is released. Whereas if "Users" had been split away too, we could have just applied permissions at the top-level (W: P: or U:).

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  • Hi Thomas,

    The example included the simplest way to handle the user location. The configuration system flexible enough to allow you to put resources where you like. The quickconfig is intended to be a simple working example that could be used as-is but equally well just as a base for customising or self-tuition/experiment.

    Putting the users on a U: drive, which you are suggesting, in a folder say U:\BentleyUsers\ can be done by changing the lines below (lines 18 and 19 in Template_ABD_Company_Startup.cfg):

     %if exists ($(parentdevdir(_USTN_SITE))Users/$(USERNAME)/)
     _USTN_USER    = $(parentdevdir(_USTN_SITE))Users/$(USERNAME)/

    to

     %if exists (U:\BentleyUsers/$(USERNAME)/)
     _USTN_USER    = U:\BentleyUsers/$(USERNAME)/

    The batch file that creates each new user's preference folders would need to be amended accordingly, replacing the "%WorkSpaceDrive%\%ABDversion%\Users\%username%" paths with "U:\BentleyUsers\%username%".

    If you have an IT system with roaming profiles the user preference folder can be roamed which is an ideal solution.

    Related to this, you can also set up seed files for user preferences as described here: Site Standards #3 - User Preference Seeds. This offers consistent starting preferences for new users and the ability for any user to reset their preferences to that start point if their preferences appear to be causing problems (generally a less common occurrence in recent years).

    Regards

    Marc

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  • Hi Thomas,

    The example included the simplest way to handle the user location. The configuration system flexible enough to allow you to put resources where you like. The quickconfig is intended to be a simple working example that could be used as-is but equally well just as a base for customising or self-tuition/experiment.

    Putting the users on a U: drive, which you are suggesting, in a folder say U:\BentleyUsers\ can be done by changing the lines below (lines 18 and 19 in Template_ABD_Company_Startup.cfg):

     %if exists ($(parentdevdir(_USTN_SITE))Users/$(USERNAME)/)
     _USTN_USER    = $(parentdevdir(_USTN_SITE))Users/$(USERNAME)/

    to

     %if exists (U:\BentleyUsers/$(USERNAME)/)
     _USTN_USER    = U:\BentleyUsers/$(USERNAME)/

    The batch file that creates each new user's preference folders would need to be amended accordingly, replacing the "%WorkSpaceDrive%\%ABDversion%\Users\%username%" paths with "U:\BentleyUsers\%username%".

    If you have an IT system with roaming profiles the user preference folder can be roamed which is an ideal solution.

    Related to this, you can also set up seed files for user preferences as described here: Site Standards #3 - User Preference Seeds. This offers consistent starting preferences for new users and the ability for any user to reset their preferences to that start point if their preferences appear to be causing problems (generally a less common occurrence in recent years).

    Regards

    Marc

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