I have downloaded .sra files under gap accession phs000552. I have configured sratoolkit following the instruction and was able to download .sra files from that project. When I tried to run sam-dump to get sam files from these .sra files, I got error messages:

./sam-dump /scratch/02078/jl32587/MENINGIOMA/SRR619296.sra

/scratch/02078/jl32587/MENINGIOMA/SRR619296.sam


# <error message>
2015-09-22T20:25:52 sam-dump.2.5.2 err: item not found while reading file - input object(s) not found

I also tried to run sam-dump to directly pull sam files:

sam-dump SRR619137 >test.sam

# <error message>
2015-09-22T20:31:36 sam-dump.2.5.2 err: query unauthorized while resolving tree within virtual file system module - failed to resolve accession 'SRR619137' - Access denied - please request permission to access phs000552/DS-BDBC-NPU-MDS in dbGaP ( 403 )
2015-09-22T20:31:36 sam-dump.2.5.2 err: item not found while reading file - input object(s) not found

In contrast, when I run sam-dump using the example in the documentation, it did work.

sam-dump SRR390728

I am wondering if anyone has encountered this error and has addressed it.

Thanks!