[THIN] Re: Application writing to C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32
- From: "Braebaum, Neil" <Neil.Braebaum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 15:16:58 +0100
Back in the days... <sign... nostalgic flashback> you could accomodate this,
with application compaibiltiy flags.
I've never had to use them since Winframe and Outlook 98, and from what I
gather they broke them from working in subsequent (OS) versions.
Neil
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Oglesby [mailto:roglesby@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 10 June 2003 14:57
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Application writing to C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32
>
> I wouldn't give them full access. How about write and delete
> to the directory Then re-ACL the files in the dirs and sub
> dirs with Read and execute?
>
> If that doesn't work Softricity would fix this since the app
> would really right it to a user specific storage location
> even if it is supposed to go in System32.=20
>
> Of course the cost of softicity could be prohibitive unless
> this is a absolutely show stopping app, or you adopt it to
> deploy all your apps on TS with.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Rance [mailto:Steve.Rance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20
> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 8:29 AM
> To: Thin @ Freelists (E-mail)
> Subject: [THIN] Application writing to C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have been given a fairly specialised application to install
> on our =3D Citrix server. After installing it on my test box
> I found that it =3D creates, writes to, then deletes the file
> C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\TEMP.TMP =3D during starting up. As a
> normal user doesn't have write access to this =3D directory
> the application falls over in a big heap. If I give them
> Full =3D Access to SYSTEM32 the application works fine. I
> have tried various =3D things, including creating the file
> manually then giving the users full =3D access and dening
> delete, but this didn't work.
>
> I have contacted product support and they have confirmed it
> is a known = =3D issue, however they are unlikely to fix this
> issue as they have very few =3D users (I may be the one only)
> that use Citrix so don't see it as =3D problem.
>
> I have a bad feeling about opening up Full Access to my SYSTEM32 =3D
> directory on live servers. Would you agree this is a bad
> thing to do?
> =3D
> Would you do it?
>
> Can anyone think of a way around this issue?
>
> I would welcome any comments on this, even if its "don't do
> it!" so I = =3D can go back to my bosses.
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