[THIN] Re: Adding System DSN ODBC for regular user
- From: Jeff Pitsch <jepitsch@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 20:16:40 -0400
Joe is right. there shouldn't be any reason a normal user needs to add a
System DNS. System DSN by definition are available to everyone and are only
configured once.
On 10/13/05, Joe Shonk <joe.shonk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Do you already have a System DSN with the same name? System DSNs are just
> that, available to everyone.
>
> User DSN are user specific. Does the DSN have to be User Specific? Why
> are you not able to create a System DSN?
>
> Joe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
> Of Evan Mann
> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 3:14 PM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Adding System DSN ODBC for regular user
>
> This is the .REG file I am using. If a user has Power Users access it
> works great. with Users access, it only creates part of the entries and
> says "files already in use". Power Users and Users have the same access
> to the DLL reference below.
>
> I got the info by just looking at the registry on a computer where the
> key was alreayy added.
>
> --
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ODBC\ODBC.INI\ODBC Data Sources]
> "Text Files"="Microsoft Text Driver (*.txt; *.csv)"
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ODBC\ODBC.INI\Text Files]
> "Driver"="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\odbcjt32.dll"
> "DriverId"=dword:0000001b
> "FIL"="text;"
> "SafeTransactions"=dword:00000000
> "UID"=""
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ODBC\ODBC.INI\Text Files\Engines]
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ODBC\ODBC.INI\Text Files\Engines\Text]
> "Extensions"="txt,csv,tab,asc"
> "ImplicitCommitSync"=""
> "Threads"=dword:00000003
> "UserCommitSync"="Yes"
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
> "ScreenSaverIsSecure"="1"
> "ScreenSaveTimeOut"="900"
> "ScreenSaveActive"="1"
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Walter, Chris
> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 6:08 PM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Adding System DSN ODBC for regular user
>
>
>
> User should have access to write to HKCU. Try running Regmon. I'd love
> to see your script if it works, I've been trying to find out a way to
> put in an ODBC entry with the packager after an application install but
> I couldn't find anything that would work.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Chris
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Evan Mann
> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 6:00 PM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Adding System DSN ODBC for regular user
>
>
>
> Anyone know how you can add a System DSN ODBC under a users profile who
> has regular user access. I have the info in a registry file and am
> running it in a login script, but if you do not have Power User or above
> access, it will not create, even though it's in the HKCU key.
>
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