Metacat

02/10/2010

05:28 PM Bug #4787: User having WRITE permission couldn't update a document

This might be a regression due to recent access control handling changes. From my fuzzy memory, I seem to remember t... Matt Jones

05:16 PM Bug #4787 (Resolved): User having WRITE permission couldn't update a document

I think i reproduced the bug Jim mentioned:
A user having WRITE permission couldn't update a document.
Here are... Jing Tao

02/09/2010

02:06 PM Bug #3368: security issue with skins

Correction, we are using <skin-name>.properties files which is also protected in web.xml.
Removing all .cfg files ... Michael Daigle

01:25 PM Bug #3368: security issue with skins

We changed the configuration files to be <skin-name>.cfg and restricted access to all cfg files via web.xml Michael Daigle

01:48 PM Bug #1530: cfg is readable by everyone

duplicate Michael Daigle

01:06 PM Bug #1530: cfg is readable by everyone

we added the following to knb web.xml to restrict access to .cfg files
<security-constraint>
<web-resource-collecti... Michael Daigle

01:46 PM Bug #3378: Test turnkey installation against Tomcat 6

Duplicate Michael Daigle

01:22 PM Bug #3378: Test turnkey installation against Tomcat 6

Fully unit tested against Tomcat 6 Michael Daigle

01:29 PM Bug #3777: Move Tomcat libraries into metacat build

This is not practical. The server should reference the libraries of the native install. Michael Daigle

01:21 PM Bug #1674: Access control for eml-2.1.0 documents

This was implemented in Metacat 1.9.1 Michael Daigle

01:19 PM Bug #4558: Create validate and isAuthorized unit tests

These are handled in the workflow scheduler tests. Michael Daigle

01:18 PM Bug #3415: metacat prints namespace attributes in opposite order of original document

Metacat now returns the original document as it was submitted. Michael Daigle

01:07 PM Bug #4658: metacat runs out of memory

This seems to be resolved with the bug fix that uses a stringbuffer to read files as opposed to a string Michael Daigle

12:55 PM Bug #2994: Create a properties file for use by JUnit Tests

Put the test properties in metacat.properties. Added a properties file in build that specifies the deploy directory. Michael Daigle

12:51 PM Bug #4707: Update release 1.9.2 release notes

These cases are handled in the workflow scheduler tests. Michael Daigle

10:18 AM Bug #4716: Metacat should run against Tomcat 6

Built Metacat using Tomcat 5 servlet-api, deployed in Tomcat 6 and ran full unit tests successfully. Michael Daigle

02/03/2010

02:35 PM Bug #4708: Handle writing a text node > 4000 characters to the db.

Moved the chunking to the DocumentImpl.writeChildNodeToDB() method Michael Daigle

02/02/2010

06:39 PM Bug #4728 (Resolved): grant document management privileges to admin user

Metacat has an administrative user, but that user only has a few capabilities. We need to enhance the privileges of ... Matt Jones

02/01/2010

09:46 AM Bug #4716 (Resolved): Metacat should run against Tomcat 6

Matt sent:
Here are the two main issues I encountered in getting Metacat to run under tomcat6.
1) servlet-api.j... Michael Daigle

01/28/2010

04:58 PM Bug #4708 (Resolved): Handle writing a text node > 4000 characters to the db.

Right now, the postgres db can only handle a text node of 4000 characters. Currently we break calls to DBSAXNode.wri... Michael Daigle

01:48 PM Bug #4707 (Resolved): Update release 1.9.2 release notes

The final change to Metacat prior to the last release candidate should be to update the release notes. Michael Daigle

01/27/2010

09:49 AM Bug #4698: ESA skin links are hard coded to data.esa.org

templates look good Michael Daigle

09:47 AM Bug #4698: ESA skin links are hard coded to data.esa.org

Updated the JSP pages to use the skin registryurl property. Need to look at the registry templates now Michael Daigle

09:45 AM Bug #4698 (Resolved): ESA skin links are hard coded to data.esa.org

The "ESA Registry" and "Search for Data" links in the ESA header are hard coded to go to data.esa.org. This causes i... Michael Daigle

01/26/2010

03:53 PM Bug #4573: LDAP and Register CGIs reference skin-specific templates in the common area

Differing to 1.9.3 Michael Daigle

03:52 PM Bug #4627: [ESA] Update fails when document rev number is missing

Resolved Michael Daigle

03:52 PM Bug #4627: [ESA] Update fails when document rev number is missing

Updated the registry code to recognize when the docid for a modify action does not have a revision. In that case, ge... Michael Daigle

01/25/2010

03:46 PM Bug #4356: knb website query result shows old version of a document

We need to add code to retry (queue) the query result addition when it fails. differing this to 1.9.3 Michael Daigle

03:13 PM Bug #4658: metacat runs out of memory

Differing to release 1.9.3. We have made several performance improvements in 1.9.2, and we need to see if those reso... Michael Daigle

03:09 PM Bug #4649: Metacat couldn't update a document from client, which previous versions only stay in xml_revisions table

resolved Michael Daigle

03:09 PM Bug #4649: Metacat couldn't update a document from client, which previous versions only stay in xml_revisions table

Updated the code to return a more meaningful message ... that the document had been deleted and cannot be updated. Michael Daigle

01/21/2010

03:12 PM Bug #4690: register-dataset.cgi should have its permissions set

The initial error thrown by Apache:
(13)Permission denied: exec of '/var/www/edu.ucsb.nceas.dev/knb/cgi-bin/register... Shaun Walbridge

02:23 PM Bug #4690 (Closed): register-dataset.cgi should have its permissions set

Currently, the registry script does not get the execute bit set when deployed from a WAR file -- either we should fix... Shaun Walbridge

02:25 PM Bug #4691 (Resolved): Registry mixes up users when saving

If different users are added for the data set owner and contact, the registry messes up the serialization and takes d... Shaun Walbridge

01/20/2010

03:24 PM Bug #4442: Spatial indexing should not run and block metacat

moving to 1.9.3 target Michael Daigle

03:23 PM Bug #4651: data packages losing data tables (and then finding them again)

Moving to 1.9.3 target since this is on dev, and will take some time to research. Michael Daigle

03:16 PM Bug #4367: metacat didn't update xml_path_index table while a document was updated

It looks like this is a race condition. The xml_nodes insertion commit must still be going on when the indexing kick... Michael Daigle

11:24 AM Bug #4367: metacat didn't update xml_path_index table while a document was updated

Hmm, there is also a foreign key constraint violation. Inserting into xml_index violates a constraint on xml_nodes.n... Michael Daigle

10:52 AM Bug #4367: metacat didn't update xml_path_index table while a document was updated

Forcing index via the API causes a StringIndexOutOfBoundsException when processing spatial coordinates. See bug 4680... Michael Daigle

10:46 AM Bug #4680 (Resolved): Geoserver StringIndexOutOfBoundsException

Geoserver is throwing many StringIndexOutOfBoundsExceptions. There is a geoserver bug listed against version 2.4.4 t... Michael Daigle

01/19/2010

04:26 PM Bug #4641: must support java 1.6

resolved Michael Daigle

04:26 PM Bug #4641: must support java 1.6

Updated release notes and Metacat Administrators Guide. Note that the pdf version of the guide does not have active ... Michael Daigle

10:32 AM Bug #4616: Timed Replication takes many hours and drives the load up on KNB

After raising the log level on KNB to INFO and tracing through the logs, it was clear that the delay was happening wh... Michael Daigle

01/15/2010

11:07 AM Bug #4676 (New): registry did not let me see my data table, although permissions are set

I was demonstrating the knb dataset registry, and put in a test dataset (knb.230).
We logged in (as uid=mobrien,o=LT... Margaret O'Brien