REBUILDING A CORRUPTED ACL DATABASE
(259GR 16-Jan-1998)

Shutting down a WebCrusader Server, then reconfiguring your DCE client (or the cell itself if based on the same machine) without first uninitializing the server does not delete the server's ACL database files (*.db) from their default location. If you subsequently initialize the server, the initialization process renames the ACL database files (*.db) to *.db.OLD. At this point the server's ACL database is corrupted and ACLs that you set thereafter may not work correctly.

To correct the problem, you need to delete the corrupted files and rebuild the database. Follow these steps:

1. Shut down the WebCrusader Server.

2. Un-initialize the server.

3. Go to c:\webcc\lib (Windows) or /opt/www/lib (UNIX) and delete all files with .db and .OLD file extensions.

4. Initialize the server.

5. Configure the server.

6. Start the server.

7. Re-set the appropriate ACLs.