[THIN] Re: Application writing to C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32
- From: "Gandy, Chip (COX-Atlanta)" <Chip.Gandy@xxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 12:11:27 -0400
I've run into apps like this on a desktop level. I don't flinch at
telling the vendor it has to be fixed. It's not just a Citrix issue.
If you were to install that app on a desktop with standard access, they
would have the same issue. So I think that you could use that as
leverage to get the vendor to fix the problem.
Immediate need, well... that's another story. =20
EPAL - Elevated Privileges Application Launcher. It's a tool from
Microsoft where you can assign a domain account that has local rights to
run the specified application. That way, the users would be running
that app as an admin or even a power users and they'd have rights to it.
Microsoft Elevated Privileges Application Launcher
The Elevated Privileges Application Launcher (EPAL) tool from Microsoft
provides the ability to let an application launch under some other user
privilege, so that it has access to certain components of the local
registry or the file system. EPAL requires Active Directory for
directory based control of the feature.
Microsoft Elevated Privileges Application Launcher
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=3D/technet/prod=
t
echnol/windows2000serv/downloads/epal.asp
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-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Rance [mailto:Steve.Rance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 9:28 AM
To: Thin @ Freelists (E-mail)
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 =
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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.
Thanks,
Steve
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