Replicas and Permissions

[PaulKroseman]

I am attempting to setup a laptop for disconnected reading and editing. I need the user to have read-only permission to some feature classes while still being able to synchronize the one way replication.

ServerDB-Replication-LocalDB-Permission
..FC1......<-2way->....FC1.....Read/Write
..FC2.......--1way->....FC2.....Read
..FC3.......--1way->....FC3.....Read

User needs permission to synchronize all 3 replicas. Is it possible to setup this structure?
I'm also running into the issue with "Must be Replica owner to perform this operation." while synchronizing. Can I set permissions on replicas such that UserA can create a replica and grant UserB permission to synchronize?

Using ArcGIS 10 SP3 on all systems. Thanks.

[PaulKroseman]

Anyone have thoughts on this?

[GaryMacDougall]

You need to have permissions to edit the data to synchronize. One way to do it is to create the replica as one user (user1)and set up a second user (user2) with read-only permissions to the data for general access. The replica stores the connection sting and by default includes user1 with encrypted password. So user 2 should be able to sync the replica (in which case it connects as user 1 automatically) while still having read-only access.

thanks
Gary

[PaulKroseman]

I don't see how to get User2 to synchronize through User1. When using User2 to synchronize I get the error "Must be Replica owner to perform this operation."

I get this error even when User2 has read/write permissions and the replica was created by another user.