diff --git a/php/WebServices/WSUserMgr.php b/php/WebServices/WSUserMgr.php
index e042327..f08b5a2 100644
--- a/php/WebServices/WSUserMgr.php
+++ b/php/WebServices/WSUserMgr.php
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class WSUserMgr extends UserMgr
 		if ( $setPathOnly )
 			return array('success' => true);
 			
+		$this->userGrps = $this->getUserGrps();	
 		$this->makeLocalTree();
 		$this->makeRemoteTree();
 
diff --git a/php/WebServices/WebServer.php b/php/WebServices/WebServer.php
index 6ead612..7e497bc 100644
--- a/php/WebServices/WebServer.php
+++ b/php/WebServices/WebServer.php
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ class WebServer
 		return array('success' => true, 'vars' => $vars);
 	}
 	
-	private function initUserMgr($setPatOnly = false) 
+	private function initUserMgr($setPathOnly = false) 
 	{
 		$wsUserMgr = new WSUserMgr();
-		$wsUserMgr->init($this->userID, $this->userPWD, $this->sessionID,  $setPatOnly, $this->isSoap);
+		$wsUserMgr->init($this->userID, $this->userPWD, $this->sessionID,  $setPathOnly, $this->isSoap);
 		
 		$this->IPclient = $wsUserMgr->getIPClient();
 		
@@ -297,7 +297,34 @@ class WebServer
 		
 		return array('success' => true, 'token' => $newToken);
 	}
+	
+	private function excludePrivateNodes($locParamSrc, $locParamDst)
+	{
+		$locParamSrcDom = new DomDocument("1.0");
+		$locParamSrcDom->preserveWhiteSpace = FALSE; /// Important !!! otherwise removeChild() leaves empty text nodes
+		
+		if (!$locParamSrcDom->load($locParamSrc))
+			$this->throwError("getObsDataTree", "Cannot load  Amda Local DataBase Parameters description file".$this->userID);
+ 
+		$xp =  new domxpath($locParamSrcDom);
+		$restricted = $xp->query("//*[@group]");
 
+		foreach ($restricted as $node) {
+				$parentNode = $node->parentNode;
+				$parentNode->removeChild($node);
+				
+				if (!$parentNode->hasChildNodes()) {
+					if ($parentNode->parentNode){
+						$parentParentNode = $parentNode->parentNode;  
+						$parentParentNode->removeChild($parentNode);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+ 
+		if (!$locParamSrcDom->save(WSConfigClass::getWsResultDir().$locParamDst))
+			$this->throwError('workspaceError', 'Cannot save Amda Local DataBase Parameters description file'.$this->userID);   
+	}
+	
 /************************** WEB SERVICES **************************************/	
 
 /*
@@ -309,11 +336,13 @@ class WebServer
 		$this->initUserMgr();
 		
 		$locParamSrc = USERWSDIR.'LocalParams.xml'; 
+		
 		$locParamDst = substr(strtolower(__FUNCTION__),3).'_'.$this->userID.'_'.$this->requestTime.'_AmdaLocalDataBaseParameters.xml';
 
-		if (!copy($locParamSrc,WSConfigClass::getWsResultDir().$locParamDst))
-			$this->throwError('workspaceError', 'No Amda Local DataBase Parameters description file');   
+// 		if (!copy($locParamSrc,WSConfigClass::getWsResultDir().$locParamDst))
+// 			$this->throwError('workspaceError', 'No Amda Local DataBase Parameters description file');   
 
+		$this->excludePrivateNodes($locParamSrc,$locParamDst);
 		return  array('success' => true,'WorkSpace' => array("LocalDataBaseParameters" => WSConfigClass::getUrl().$locParamDst));
 	}
 
@@ -333,8 +362,10 @@ class WebServer
 		$locParamDst = substr(strtolower(__FUNCTION__),3).'_'.$this->userID.'_'.$this->requestTime.'_AmdaLocalDataBaseParameters.xml';
 		$wsParamDst = substr(strtolower(__FUNCTION__),3).'_'.$this->userID.'_'.$this->requestTime.'_UserDefinedParameters.xml';
 
-		if (!copy($locParamSrc, WSConfigClass::getWsResultDir().$locParamDst))
-			$this->throwError('workspaceError', 'No Amda Local DataBase Parameters description file for '.$this->userID);
+// 		if (!copy($locParamSrc, WSConfigClass::getWsResultDir().$locParamDst))
+// 			$this->throwError('workspaceError', 'No Amda Local DataBase Parameters description file for '.$this->userID);
+		
+		$this->excludePrivateNodes($locParamSrc,$locParamDst);
 		
 		if (!copy($wsParamSrc, WSConfigClass::getWsResultDir().$wsParamDst))
 			return  array('success' => true,'ParameterList' => 
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