Dear Simon, Thanks for the hint, the problem has been fixed [1,2]. We forgot to create the directory because in former times the user data was not stored in the db directory. Best, Christian [1] https://github.com/BaseXdb/basex/commit/a8ed0936ab422e3cb3a260c9ebfa47dd0e75... [2] http://files.basex.org/releases/latest/ On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 1:34 PM, Simon Chatelain <schatela@gmail.com> wrote:

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