[ic] Attempted database update without permission

[Jonathan Clark]

> >>Hi - i recently set up interchange 4.6.5 on a debian stable box (yes,
> >>there is a reason for wanting the old version) and am now finding the
> >>admin interface to be acting up. whenever i attempt to add a new
> >>product
> >>it brings me to an error page that says:
> >>
> >>
> >>"The following error occurred:
> >>
> >>
> >>Please correct and try again.
> >>
> >>
> >>/Maybe you need to _*log in*_
> >><http://www.houseofireland.com/cgi-bin/hoi/admin/login.html>?/ "
> >>
> >>
> >>which isn't very helpful. I then must log in if i wish to view any of
> >>the admin pages. In the error log i find the following:
> >>
> >>
> >>192.168.0.145 XTQqvWU7:192.168.0.145 - [17/June/2003:12:31:58 +0100]
> >>hoi
> >>/cgi-bin/hoi/ui.html Attempted database update without permission,
> >>table=products key=newproduct.
> >>
> >>
> >>this results from attempting to create a product called newproduct.
> >>
> >>
> >>can anyone suggest what might be causing this, or a way to work out
> >>precicely what's going wrong?
>

This looks like an Interchange permission error, and not one coming from
your database, or database files.

It is caused when the scratch value mv_data_enable is not set.

What UI login are you using? Are they a Superuser?

Jonathan
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