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Write Permissions to Network - FUNCTION 'GUI_DOWNLOAD'

Former Member

‎2015 Mar 02 1:46 PM

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Hi all,

I use FUNCTION 'GUI_DOWNLOAD' to transfers files out to my c drive. This works just fine.

Now I need to save these files to an area of my network that I have access to. When I try this I get a permission denied error.

My AD account has full access rights to the destination folder on the network and I can browse to and create files in the destination in Windows explorer. Does SAP use a particular user account to write files from within the GUI or does it use my logged in Windows User account?

Many thanks

Hi all,

I use FUNCTION 'GUI_DOWNLOAD' to transfers files out to my c drive. This works just fine.

Now I need to save these files to an area of my network that I have access to. When I try this I get a permission denied error.

My AD account has full access rights to the destination folder on the network and I can browse to and create files in the destination in Windows explorer. Does SAP use a particular user account to write files from within the GUI or does it use my logged in Windows User account?

Many thanks

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Former Member

‎2015 Mar 02 9:52 PM

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Hi Bruce,

SAP doesn't use your Windows user account, but rather an OS user.

I believe it starts with 'SAPService' and followed by the SID.

This user must have access rights to your networkfolder.

Best regards,

Zhou

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Former Member

‎2015 Mar 03 2:48 AM

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Hi Lain,

Just look through this thread, seems after you map the network folder to local device, then it could work.

it's wrong: \\192.168.0.221\shared_folder\file

it's correct:  N:\file  (where N is the shared folder \\192.168.0.221\shared_folder\)

regards,

Archer

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‎2015 Mar 03 9:43 AM

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Hi Archer,

I've been there and done that a while ago. Mapping the network folder to a local drive didn't do the trick because the authorization on the network folder was not setup for the SAP service user ('SAPService<SID>').

You should contact the system admin for granting access to the network location for the SAP service user. Your own Windows user will not work when using GUI_DOWNLOAD.

Best regards,

Zhou