[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #2258: t.create creates DB always in the PERMANENT

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#2258: t.create creates DB always in the PERMANENT
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 Reporter:  martinl      |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
     Type:  defect       |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  7.0.0                    
Component:  Temporal     |     Version:  svn-releasebranch70      
 Keywords:  t.register   |    Platform:  Unspecified              
      Cpu:  Unspecified  |  
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Changes (by neteler):

  * version:  unspecified => svn-releasebranch70


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:5 huhabla]:
 > Replying to [comment:4 glynn]:
 > > Replying to [comment:3 huhabla]:
 > > > There is a reason why the temporal database is generated and used by
 default in the PERMANENT directory.
 > >
 > > Does it handle the case where the user lacks the filesystem
 permissions to write to PERMANENT?
 >
 > There is no explicit error handling implemented. The creation process
 will terminate with a Python exception.

 Here in our shared /network and multi-user grassdata/ we have exactly this
 problem:
 while I am the PERMANENT owner, my colleague cannot write into the DB.

 As a compromise, t.create should advertise t.connnect as a solution to the
 problem, otherwise
 users get immediately stuck.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/2258#comment:7>
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