Contents

• 1. How to read this Manual
• 2. Installation of the BSCW server
  • 2.1. General Requirements
  • 2.2. Security considerations
  • 2.3. EU - General Data Protection Regulation
  • 2.4. Upgrading to BSCW 5.2.6
    • 2.4.1. Upgrading on Unix
    • 2.4.2. Upgrading on Windows
• 3. Installation procedure for Unix
  • 3.1. System requirements
  • 3.2. Installation
  • 3.3. Software for BSCW Preview
  • 3.4. Configuration
    • 3.4.1. Apache HTTP Server Configuration
    • 3.4.2. BSCW instance configuration
    • 3.4.3. Administrator account
    • 3.4.4. De-Installation
  • 3.5. Database Server Startup, Garbage Collection and Backup
    • 3.5.1. BSCW Startup
    • 3.5.2. Garbage Collection
    • 3.5.3. Backup
  • 3.6. Folder Mail Delivery
    • 3.6.1. BSCW mail delivery agent (MDA)
    • 3.6.2. Local Mail Transfer Agent (MTA)
• 4. Installation procedure for Windows
  • 4.1. System requirements
  • 4.2. Installation and Configuration
  • 4.3. Software for BSCW Preview
  • 4.4. Database Server and Garbage Collection
    • 4.4.1. Windows Service
    • 4.4.2. Task Scheduler
  • 4.5. Further Configuration Details
    • 4.5.1. BSCW Server Root Definition
    • 4.5.2. Apache HTTP Server Configuration
    • 4.5.3. IIS Configuration
    • 4.5.4. De-Installation
  • 4.6. Folder Mail Delivery
• 5. Configuration of BSCW Servers
  • 5.1. Authentication
  • 5.2. conf/config.py
    • 5.2.1. MANDATORY server settings
    • 5.2.2. Mail handling
    • 5.2.3. Server access
    • 5.2.4. web/proxy server settings
    • 5.2.5. BSCW appearance settings
    • 5.2.6. Optional BSCW packages
    • 5.2.7. BSCW database server settings
  • 5.3. conf/config_actions.py
  • 5.4. conf/config_applet.py
  • 5.5. conf/config_cal.py
  • 5.6. conf/config_clientmap.py
  • 5.7. conf/config_controls.py
  • 5.8. conf/config_convert.py
  • 5.9. conf/config_countries.py
  • 5.10. conf/config_easy_ui.py
  • 5.11. conf/config_help.py
  • 5.12. conf/config_html_ui.py
    • 5.12.1. User Profiles
    • 5.12.2. Columns
  • 5.13. conf/config_icons.py
  • 5.14. conf/config_meet.py
  • 5.15. conf/config_menu.py
  • 5.16. conf/config_metadata.py
  • 5.17. conf/config_mimegroups.py
  • 5.18. conf/config_mimeicons.py
  • 5.19. conf/config_mimemsg.py
  • 5.20. conf/config_mime.py
  • 5.21. conf/config_mobile_ui.py
  • 5.22. conf/config_mpick.py
  • 5.23. conf/config_portlets.py
  • 5.24. conf/config_prio_categ.py
  • 5.25. conf/config_quicksearch.py
  • 5.26. conf/config_search.py
  • 5.27. conf/config_service.py
  • 5.28. conf/config_styles.py
  • 5.29. msg/<lang>/lg_msgconfig.py
• 6. BSCW Packages
  • 6.1. Content Search PyLucIndex
    • 6.1.1. Configuration
    • 6.1.2. Command line tools
    • 6.1.3. Index creation and update
  • 6.2. LDAP
    • 6.2.1. Installation
    • 6.2.2. LDAP Browser
  • 6.3. Document Approval
  • 6.4. Blog (Weblogs)
  • 6.5. Easy
  • 6.6. Expire
  • 6.7. Export PDF
  • 6.8. Flow-Folder
  • 6.9. Http
    • 6.9.1. Enabling the BSCW HTTP server
    • 6.9.2. Disabling the BSCW HTTP server
  • 6.10. Incognito
  • 6.11. Metaprofiles
  • 6.12. Microblogging
  • 6.13. Mobile access
  • 6.14. Poll
  • 6.15. Portal
  • 6.16. Presence
  • 6.17. Readers
  • 6.18. RSS
    • 6.18.1. Export of BSCW event histories
    • 6.18.2. RSS reference links
    • 6.18.3. Reading of RSS event feeds
  • 6.19. SSO – Single Sign On
    • 6.19.1. CAS Authentication
    • 6.19.2. OpenID
    • 6.19.3. Shibboleth Authentication
  • 6.20. Tasks
  • 6.21. Timeline
  • 6.22. WebFolder
• 7. Administration of BSCW Servers
  • 7.1. Administration using the Web Interface
    • 7.1.1. BSCW status page
    • 7.1.2. BSCW Access Management
    • 7.1.3. Configuration menu
    • 7.1.4. BSCW licence management
  • 7.2. Administration using the bsadmin script
  • 7.3. User administration
    • 7.3.1. User status with bsadmin users
    • 7.3.2. User registration with bsadmin register
    • 7.3.3. User management with bsadmin (rename | chpwd | rmuser)
    • 7.3.4. Additional anonymous users
  • 7.4. Asynchronous Services
    • 7.4.1. User Notification Services (UNO)
    • 7.4.2. User account expiry
    • 7.4.3. Automatic disk usage update
  • 7.5. Public space deactivation
  • 7.6. WebDAV
    • 7.6.1. Microsoft Support for WebDAV
    • 7.6.2. Known Problems
  • 7.7. Quota - Disk Usage Limitation
    • 7.7.1. Limit Classes
    • 7.7.2. Quota Activation
    • 7.7.3. Calculation of current disk usage
    • 7.7.4. Report disk usage
  • 7.8. Definition of Roles
    • 7.8.1. The BSCW role concept
    • 7.8.2. Role definition and default roles
    • 7.8.3. Site-specific Roles
  • 7.9. Site-specific banner
  • 7.10. Server-wide template folders
  • 7.11. Web Service API
  • 7.12. Some useful hints
• 8. BSCW Help
  • 8.1. Languages
    • 8.1.1. Existing translations
    • 8.1.2. Translation instructions
  • 8.2. BSCW Updates
• 9. BSCW license
  • 9.1. License application
  • 9.2. License changes
• 10. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
  • 10.1. BSCW Server Usage
    • 10.1.1. What do I need to use BSCW?
    • 10.1.2. Do I need a special application for uploading documents?
    • 10.1.3. How is BSCW intended to be used
    • 10.1.4. I cannot log in. The server rejects me - what shall I do?
    • 10.1.5. How do I change my password?
    • 10.1.6. How do I connect to BSCW using WebDAV?
    • 10.1.7. How do I destroy a workspace?
    • 10.1.8. How do I delete my account?
    • 10.1.9. How do I handle a BSCW error?
    • 10.1.10. I reached the limit of my disk space - what shall I do?
    • 10.1.11. Why does MS-Word mark a document as read-only?
    • 10.1.12. Is there a restriction for the size of documents I upload?
  • 10.2. BSCW Server Software
    • 10.2.1. How do I get the BSCW software?
    • 10.2.2. Can I try the BSCW software?
    • 10.2.3. How do I keep up to date with BSCW developments and new releases?
  • 10.3. BSCW Server Administration
    • 10.3.1. What facilities are available for server administrators?
    • 10.3.2. How do I delete a user from the BSCW server?
    • 10.3.3. How do I rename a user?
    • 10.3.4. How do I register a new user (i.e. without sending email)?
    • 10.3.5. How do I restrict the creation of workspaces?
    • 10.3.6. How do I restrict the creation of new user accounts?
    • 10.3.7. How do I find the corresponding file for a BSCW document?
    • 10.3.8. May I remove the contents of the BSCW “Temp” directory?
    • 10.3.9. How do I upgrade my BSCW server instance to a new version?
    • 10.3.10. How do I migrate a BSCW database to another host?
    • 10.3.11. Why do I get a “license expired” error?
    • 10.3.12. Changing the “SERVER_ROOT” without service interruption
    • 10.3.13. The BSCW server does not work, the database seems to be corrupted
    • 10.3.14. Why do I get connect problems during “Upgrade License”?
    • 10.3.15. My BSCW database seems to be corrupt, what can I do?
    • 10.3.16. How can I upload files larger than 100MB when using IIS?
    • 10.3.17. Why can’t BSCW provide WebDAV with Microsoft IIS Web server?
  • 10.4. BSCW Installation
    • 10.4.1. What do I need to install the BSCW server software?
    • 10.4.2. Where should I install the BSCW server software (Unix)?
    • 10.4.3. Why do I get a “500 Server Error” when I try to register myself?
    • 10.4.4. Can I put the data files for the server on a separate disk?
    • 10.4.5. What can I do if I get a ServiceException: getState, () error
    • 10.4.6. How can I provide a BSCW user interface in different languages?
    • 10.4.7. Why do I get a "Permission denied" error? (Unix)
    • 10.4.8. Why do I get a "RuntimeError: var/www/bscw.cgi: No setgid"?

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