Hello all,

 

I just faced an issue in my application using BaseX 8.6.4 when trying to create a user.

If the folder that will contain the databases (DBPATH in .basex configuration file) does not exist when you try to create a user, the creation of the “users.xml” file fails.

To reproduce, make sure that the folder defined by DBPATH does not exist, and execute:

final Context ctx = new Context();

try (final Session session = new LocalSession(ctx);) {

   session.execute(new CreateUser("USERNAME", "USERPASSWORD"));

}

Then nothing happens. The users.xml file is not created.

While executing this:

final Context ctx = new Context();

try (final Session session = new LocalSession(ctx);) {

    session.execute(new CreateDB("TESTDB"));

    session.execute(new CreateUser("USERNAME", "USERPASSWORD"));

}

Works as expected as the CreateDB() command will create the missing folder.

 

Is it on purpose or was it overlooked?

 

Best regards

 

Simon Chatelain