Hello Leandro,

When the user_library_import_dir is set in universe_wsgi.ini, it enables non-admin users to import a directory of files into a data library as long as there is a subdirectory named the same as the non-admin user's Galaxy account contained within the configured directory.  

For example, assume the following setting in universe_wsgi.ini:

user_library_import_dir = /Users/gvk/workspaces_2008/central_111008/test-data/users

points to a directroy that contains the following:

gvk:~/workspaces_2008/central_051111/test-data/users gvk$ ll
total 0
drwxr-xr-x     4 gvk  gvk    136 May  5 13:57 .
drwxr-xr-x  1090 gvk  gvk  37060 Sep  9 16:01 ..
drwxr-xr-x     3 gvk  gvk    102 May  5 13:57 test1@bx.psu.edu
drwxr-xr-x     3 gvk  gvk    102 May  5 13:57 test3@bx.psu.edu

Since non-admin users can only upload files to a data library if they have permission to do so, an admin user must set the LIBRARY_ADD permission on a data library in order for any non-admin users to be able to upload to it.  For example, assume the admin user gave the LIBRARY_ADD permission on the data library named Library1 to the user test1@bx.psu.edu as follows:


The, when the user test1@bx.psu.edu logged into Galaxy, and selected the "Data Libraries" option from the top Galaxy menu's "Shared Data" pop-up menu, they would see the list of data libraries to which they have access.


When they click on the data library, they'll see a button ;abel;ed "Add datasets" since they have been granted the LIBRARY_ADD permission on the data library.


Clicking the "Add datasets" button will display the "Upload file to a data library" page.  Since the configuration described above exists, they will have the option to "Upload a directory of files" by selecting that option from the "Upload option" select field.






On Sep 22, 2011, at 8:17 AM, Leandro Hermida wrote:

Hi all,

I've enabled the universe.wsgi feature user_library_import_dir feature
and made a sub-directory with my login and put some test files there.
I've also made myselfa  non-admin to test and after restart the Galaxy
server I see no where in the GUI where I can import data libraries??
Am I missing something?

regards,
Leandro
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