S_DATASET File path Case Sensitive Issue

[Former Member]

Hi,

We have an issue with the Auth. Obj. S_DATASET File path field, all the roles file path start with

sen-nas1\sapshare1\ECP\H2R\100\* with the right program and it has worked fine for us all this time till a month ago and started to fail on file path,

after tracing we found out that the file path is taking case sensitive and fails on
sen-nas1\SAPSHARE1\ECP\H2R\100\*

where SAPSHARE1 is in upper case and this case sensitive occurs for different charecters every time like

sen-nas1\SAPSHARE1\ECP\H2R\100\*

sen-nas1\sapshare1\ecp\H2R\100\*

sen-nas1\SAPSHARE1\ECP\h2r\100\*

Q1) Is the File path field Case sensitive ? if yes then why did it work till now and started failing all of a sudden

Q2) Is it best practice to restict on File path or program or both ?

Q3) Is this a issue on Application level or System Level ?

the systems team said there were no changes done

Quick responce is appriciated.

Thanks.

Edited by: Chetan on Nov 5, 2010 3:47 PM

[Former Member]

Forst go for restricting the PROGRAM field.

Then the ACTVT.

Then take a closer look at what the programs are capable of...

Then consider that the field left for restriction is the FILENAME (and not the FILEPATH).

Are you using logical file paths (transaction FILE) or are these hardcoded in programs or saved in selection variants?

Someone might have changed something...

Cheers,

Julius

[Former Member]

Julius ,

They put an input value in the screen ( use Variant )

[Former Member]

If no one changed the variant (?) and no infrastructure was changed (?) then check whether it is the program which has changed?

Candidate # 1 would be the type of field (type FILE ?) in the selection fields. Check version management.

Cheers,

Julius

[Former Member]

Maybe

Note 678393 - PFCG: Errors when you maintain special authorization fields

is helpful.

[Former Member]

I have had case sensitive issues in GRC (when specifying a path, but it obv. didnt use the S_DATASET object) but they were only when the OS was a unix variant. As the I believe unix is case sensitive, but on other occassions it has worked fine with windows or anything else.

Thanks,

Chinmaya