Filr Net Folders containing & in name are not accessible to users

  • 7018569
  • 01-Feb-2017
  • 07-Feb-2017

Environment

Micro Focus Filr 3.0

Situation

If a Filr Net Folder (or a sub-folder) configured with OES backend filesystem, contains any of the following characters in the name: &, §, $ then Filr users are not able to access the folder.

The following error is logged in FAMTD log file:

Nov 25 12:40:22 blr8-117-92 famtd[731]: DEBUG:[LWP:910]NCPOperations::GetVisibility:[sid - kbbdOgZTgDtTlHgmrp/Xsg==] no access to \\164.99.119.242\REGRESSION1\folderwith&

Resolution

A fix for this issue is available in Filr 3.1 Update.