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WebDAV Direct Download Error: Attempting to write to read only DB
WebDAV Direct Download Error: Attempting to write to read only DB
Updated over 7 months ago

This article applies to:

  • OS: All supported operating systems

  • Product edition: inSync Cloud and On-Premise

Problem description

While downloading the legal hold data using WebDAV Direct Download utility, the download fails and errors out.

Traceback


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These log excerpts are only examples. Date, time, and environmental variables may vary depending on the environment


2018-10-01 11:31:58,206 [INFO] - inSync Direct Download 1.1_70107
2018-10-01 11:31:58,207 [INFO] - inSync Direct Download parallel metadata download 16
2018-10-01 11:31:58,207 [INFO] - inSync Direct Download parallel data download 16
2018-10-01 11:31:58,231 [INFO] - inSyncDirectDownload error: attempt to write a readonly database
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 176, in process
  File "<string>", line 82, in create_download_devices
  File "/Users/insync/webdav/webdevdirectdownload/webdevdirectdownload/WebdavDirectDownload/trunk_12_07_2018/WebdavDirectDownload/build/inSyncDirectDownload/out00-PYZ.pyz/inSyncDirectDownloadDevices", line 41, in __init__
  File "/Users/insync/webdav/webdevdirectdownload/webdevdirectdownload/WebdavDirectDownload/trunk_12_07_2018/WebdavDirectDownload/build/inSyncDirectDownload/out00-PYZ.pyz/inSyncDirectDownloadState", line 212, in __init__
  File "/Users/insync/webdav/webdevdirectdownload/webdevdirectdownload/WebdavDirectDownload/trunk_12_07_2018/WebdavDirectDownload/build/inSyncDirectDownload/out00-PYZ.pyz/inSyncDirectDownloadState", line 234, in connect
OperationalError: attempt to write a readonly database

Resolution

Validate the following:

  • /tmp or %temp% directory is not running out the space.

  • Permissions to the download location allow for read, write, and modify operations

  • inSyncDirectDownload utility has permissions to download location on MacOS

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