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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m the admin for ArchivesSpace at the University of Sheffield, in the UK. We’ve had ArchivesSpace since version 2.7, and we currently run 2.8.1 with plans to move to 3.2.0 within the next month.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>During our initial setup and launch, a number of user accounts were created for our permanent archival, metadata and technical staff. Since then we have had two new members of staff who qualified for ArchivesSpace accounts on our local system.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Unfortunately, it hasn’t been possible to create these accounts due to an issue in the staff user interface. I have populated the fields on the user form, and this is always done using the ‘admin’ account. When the form is submitted, the response is as follows:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#A94442'>Invalid value 'local'. Must be one of 'ISAAR (CPF) and NCA Rules'<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#A94442'>User not created<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Looking at the logs, I see that the frontend is sending the following data to the server (response lines are also shown, sensitive information redacted):<o:p></o:p></p><p><code><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>I, [2022-11-17T17:45:11.671710 #98122] INFO -- : Started POST "/users" for REDACTED-IP at 2022-11-17 17:45:11 +0000</span></code><o:p></o:p></p><p><code><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>I, [2022-11-17T17:45:11.822783 #98122] INFO -- : Processing by UsersController#create as HTML</span></code><o:p></o:p></p><p><code><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>I, [2022-11-17T17:45:11.823274 #98122] INFO -- : Parameters: {"utf8"=>"</span></code><code><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif'>✓</span></code><code><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>", "authenticity_token"=>"REDACTED", "user"=>{"lock_version"=>"", "username"=>"testuser_t", "name"=>"testuser", "email"=>dummy@sheffield.ac.uk, "first_name"=>"test", "last_name"=>"user", "telephone"=>"", "title"=>"", "department"=>"Library", "additional_contact"=>"", "password"=>"[FILTERED]", "confirm_password"=>"[FILTERED]", "is_active_user"=>"1"}}</span></code><o:p></o:p></p><p><code><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>D, [2022-11-17T17:45:12.171371 #98122] DEBUG -- : Thread-3254: POST /users?repo_id=2&password=[FILTERED] [session: #<Session:REDACTED @store={:user=>"admin", :login_time=>2022-11-17 17:15:54 +0000, :expirable=>true}, @system_mtime=2022-11-17 17:44:46 UTC, @id="REDACTED">]</span></code><o:p></o:p></p><p><code><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>D, [2022-11-17T17:45:12.185350 #98122] DEBUG -- : Thread-3254: Post-processed params: {"password"=>"[FILTERED]", "user"=>#<JSONModel(:user) {"username"=>"testuser_t", "name"=>"testuser", "email"=>dummy@sheffield.ac.uk, "first_name"=>"test", "last_name"=>"user", "department"=>"Library", "is_active_user"=>true, "is_admin"=>false, "jsonmodel_type"=>"user", "groups"=>[]}>}</span></code><o:p></o:p></p><p><code><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>D, [2022-11-17T17:45:12.252354 #98122] DEBUG -- : Thread-3254: Responded with [400, {"Content-Type"=>"application/json", "Cache-Control"=>"private, must-revalidate, max-age=0", "Content-Length"=>"424"}, ["{\"error\":{\"rules\":[\"<span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>Invalid value 'local'. Must be one of: ISAAR (CPF) and NCA Rules\</span>"]},\"warning\":{},\"invalid_object\":\"#<JSONModel(:name_person) {</span></code><code><span style='font-family:Consolas'>\\\"primary_name\\\"=>\\\"testuser</span></code><code><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>\\\", </span></code><code><span style='font-family:Consolas'>\\\"source\\\"=>\\\"local\\\</span></code><code><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>", </span></code><code><span style='font-family:Consolas'>\\\"rules\\\"=>\\\"<span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>local</span>\\\</span></code><code><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>", </span></code><code><span style='font-family:Consolas'>\\\"name_order\\\"=>\\\"direct\\\</span></code><code><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>", </span></code><code><span style='font-family:Consolas'>\\\"sort_name_auto_generate\\\"=>true</span></code><code><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>, </span></code><code><span style='font-family:Consolas'>\\\"use_dates\\\"=</span></code><code><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>>[], </span></code><code><span style='font-family:Consolas'>\\\"authorized\\\"=>true</span></code><code><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>... in 83ms</span></code><o:p></o:p></p><p><code><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>I, [2022-11-17T17:45:12.307673 #98122] INFO -- : Rendering users/new.html.erb within layouts/application</span></code><o:p></o:p></p><p><code><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>I, [2022-11-17T17:45:12.383514 #98122] INFO -- : Rendered shared/_breadcrumb.html.erb (38.6ms)</span></code><o:p></o:p></p><p><code><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>I, [2022-11-17T17:45:12.385550 #98122] INFO -- : Rendered users/_toolbar.html.erb (0.3ms)</span></code><o:p></o:p></p><p><code><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>I, [2022-11-17T17:45:12.434052 #98122] INFO -- : Rendered shared/_flash_messages.html.erb (31.9ms)</span></code><o:p></o:p></p><p><code><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>I, [2022-11-17T17:45:12.434746 #98122] INFO -- : Rendered shared/_form_messages.html.erb (33.4ms)</span></code><o:p></o:p></p><p><code><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>I, [2022-11-17T17:45:12.639900 #98122] INFO -- : Rendered users/_form.html.erb (232.9ms)</span></code><o:p></o:p></p><p><code><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>I, [2022-11-17T17:45:12.645463 #98122] INFO -- : Rendered users/new.html.erb within layouts/application (329.1ms)</span></code><o:p></o:p></p><p><code><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>I, [2022-11-17T17:45:12.769050 #98122] INFO -- : Rendered shared/_header_user.html.erb (69.8ms)</span></code><o:p></o:p></p><p><code><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>I, [2022-11-17T17:45:12.777940 #98122] INFO -- : Rendered shared/_header_global.html.erb (87.0ms)</span></code><o:p></o:p></p><p><code><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>I, [2022-11-17T17:45:12.781522 #98122] INFO -- : Rendered site/_branding.html.erb (0.5ms)</span></code><o:p></o:p></p><p><code><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>I, [2022-11-17T17:45:13.045561 #98122] INFO -- : Rendered shared/_advanced_search.html.erb (25.5ms)</span></code><o:p></o:p></p><p><code><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>I, [2022-11-17T17:45:13.105096 #98122] INFO -- : Rendered shared/_header_repository.html.erb (322.2ms)</span></code><o:p></o:p></p><p><code><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>I, [2022-11-17T17:45:13.110247 #98122] INFO -- : Rendered site/_footer.html.erb (0.5ms)</span></code><o:p></o:p></p><p><code><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>I, [2022-11-17T17:45:13.139762 #98122] INFO -- : Rendered shared/_templates.html.erb (24.2ms)</span></code><o:p></o:p></p><p><code><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>I, [2022-11-17T17:45:13.167381 #98122] INFO -- : Completed 200 OK in 1343ms (Views: 857.1ms)</span></code><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’ve tested this on a dev server with a backup of our production database, with the ArchivesSpace code replaced with stock builds of 2.8.1 and 3.2.0 from GitHub, using a near-default config that only had the changes necessary to allow connection to MySQL and to specify the PUI/SUI URLs. In these cases the problem still occurs.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have also tried dropping the entire database and created a fresh set of tables (without data) using the database setup script. This seems to work. Thus I conclude that something in the database affects the operation of the user creation component, and this is independent from the config file or code.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The key issue is that a value of ‘local’ is being passed, and the error message is telling me that it should instead <code><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>"Must be one of: ISAAR (CPF) and NCA Rules”.</span></code><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>What do I need to do to get rid of the ‘local’ value that is being passed and to get the correct value instead?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Philip Webster<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The University Library<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>University of Sheffield<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>