Well this is not a problem question. We are going to replace all the group names in the NAB with a new naming convention. Someone started the groups here with a #. Well this has not casued any issues that I know of but I know you shouldnt use special characters in groupnames. So I will need to rename all the groups to something new. Anyone have any ideas on the simplest way to do this? Any issues I should be aware of? Any advice?
Thanks,
Tom
Subject: Replacing all group names with new names…issues?
That’s going to do Very Bad Things to any kind of security based on groups. You’ll need to find all reference to groups in both ACLs and reader and authors fields and add the new group names to those places before you remove the old group names. It shouldn’t be too terribly difficult to do that with ACLs (by hand if there aren’t that many databases, by code if there are), but doing that with readers and authors fields is going to take some time and work.
Subject: RE: Replacing all group names with new names…issues?
Hi
Remember to use the Rename Group function in the Administration client. You should not just rename the group name, because it doesn’t change the name in ACL’s and Reader/Author fields.
You can find the Rename Group function by selecting the Group and choose Action - Rename Group.
If you rename this way, the adminp process handles the renaming.
Regards
Jens
Subject: RE: Replacing all group names with new names…issues?
Yep, adminp should work. This really shouldn’t be a big deal; however, if you aren’t sure your administration processes are all functioning correctly, do make sure that the admin requests db is replicating to/from all servers.
Subject: RE: Replacing all group names with new names…issues?
AND make sure that all relevant databases have an Administration server (i.e. the one that the changes will be made on if you have several replicas) - and that you have set up the Advanced section of the ACL to “Modify all Names fields”.
This still won’t catch it if the group names have been hardcoded…
Subject: RE: Replacing all group names with new names…issues?
But you will have problems if any of the applications have hardcoded group names in any script libraries, dblookup fields, form events, etc.
You may need to look at some 3rd party tools such as teamStudio Configurator (
for these issues or do it by hand.
A problem you may also have is if users created Personal groups their their Address Books that include Grups with the old names.