For the gateway to update its scan scripts, it needs a directory on the machine
it runs on. You set it in the gateway’s window in the Settings tab, in the field
Storage Directory:. The field may stay empty.
Existence check
If the field is filled, the directory must exist – otherwise “Error while saving,
storage directory does not exist” appears directly below it. The check runs on
every change to the field, not only when saving.
The check covers only existence, not access. A directory the service account
has no rights on is saved without objection – the scan scripts can then not be
updated, and the gateway gives no indication of it.The service account needs full access to this directory. Which account that is
is shown under Log on as in the General tab, see
Installing and Registering the Gateway. Saving
Save takes the same route as in the Registration tab: the gateway sends the
configuration, waits until the service has applied it, and restarts the service.
The IP ranges from the Registration tab are checked as well. If one of them is
invalid, saving fails here too – the message “Error while saving, incorrect IP
addresses exist” then appears as a notification in the top right corner, although
you are editing a directory.
