How To Change a Site to Read Only Mode or Read Write Mode via the Command Line

Note: This applies to DocuShare 6.x and 6.5.x

How to change to read only mode via the command line

To change to read only mode:

1. Open a Command Prompt window.
2. Change into the Xerox\Docushare\bin directory.

Note: The installation path may vary depending on your installation environment.

3. Type dsservice state readonly and press Enter.

Example:

C:\Xerox\Docushare\bin>dsservice state readonly

Running dsservice state readonly

Note: To verify the server is in read only mode via the command line type dsservice status and press Enter.

Example:

D:\Xerox\DS652\bin>dsservice status

Running dsservice status

The current state of the DocuShare system is ReadOnly

Current Version = 06.05.02.C1.568

How to change to read/write mode via the command line

To change to read/write mode:

1. Open a Command Prompt window.
2. Change into the Xerox\Docushare\bin directory.

Note: The installation path may vary depending on your installation environment.

3. Type dsservice state normal and press Enter.

Example:

D:\Xerox\DS652\bin>dsservice state normal

Running dsservice state normal

Note: To verify the server is in read only mode via the command line type dsservice status and press Enter.

Example:

D:\Xerox\DS652\bin>dsservice status

Running dsservice status

The current state of the DocuShare system is ReadWrite

Current Version = 06.05.02.C1.568