WebUtil Error: WUT-121 This File Transfer Has Been Forbidden by the Administrator

(Doc ID 578978.1)

Last updated on APRIL 05, 2018

Applies to:

Oracle Forms - Version 10.1.2 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
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Symptoms

When trying to transfer files from the client PC to the Application Server machine using the WebUtil function (Webutil_File_Transfer.client_to_as), the operation is failing with the error:
WUT-121 This file transfer has been forbidden by the Administrator

The WebUtil configuration file "webutil.cfg" contains:
....
transfer.appsrv.enabled=TRUE
transfer.appsrv.accessControl=TRUE
transfer.appsrv.read.1=/xx/yy
transfer.appsrv.write.1=/xx/yy
...

Cause

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