Task to do
Allow administrators of Atlana (DPP UI) disable default-upload-isolation mechanism
Reason
Right now, each user's server-side file system view is isolated from every other user's. The issue is to allow that behavior to be overridden with the following effects:
mounted file systems, or existing server-side file systems, that are pre-populated with data are accessible to users
all users upload files to the same location via the file upload mechanism (not workflow-related uploads)
all users see all the files that are available
Result
The files available on the server are accessible, removing the requirement to (almost) always upload the files a user wants to use
*Other options
Require users to self identify and use that ID for isolating uploads and existing server-side files. This has the problem of adding/requiring a layer of authentication to the interface; potentially making it less portable and adding more complexity to Atlana (implementing credential management).
Notes
This has no impact on remote storage mechanisms, such as IRODS=
Task to do Allow administrators of Atlana (DPP UI) disable default-upload-isolation mechanism
Reason Right now, each user's server-side file system view is isolated from every other user's. The issue is to allow that behavior to be overridden with the following effects:
Result The files available on the server are accessible, removing the requirement to (almost) always upload the files a user wants to use
*Other options Require users to self identify and use that ID for isolating uploads and existing server-side files. This has the problem of adding/requiring a layer of authentication to the interface; potentially making it less portable and adding more complexity to Atlana (implementing credential management).
Notes This has no impact on remote storage mechanisms, such as IRODS=