The user that the service is running under must have network access privileges. It is unlikely the default will have these privileges, so cannot see your data files.
Uist -- Ceres Computer Consultants Ltd Registered Office: South Scotstarvit Chance Inn Cupar Fife KY15 5QJ +44 (0) 1334 828002 Registered in Scotland : SC107838 An ISO 9001 registered company. This message including any attachments, is intended and authorized for the addressee only, and may contain privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the authorized addressee, you are not authorized to either review or disseminate this message. Accordingly, if you are not the intended and authorized recipient, please disregard this message and notify the sender. If you are the authorized addressee, you may use this for the purpose for which it was intended; a direct, personal communication to you and your legal agents. You may not distribute it to or publish it in any public forum without prior, specific, written permission from the sender. > On 16 Oct 2019, at 06:24, Tarawerkz via 4D_Tech <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > I have a 4Dv17 application that the client’s IT decided has to run on Windows > Service (under Windows Server 2012r2). > That is fine till a new requirement surfaced. > > They wanted the 4D data files to be stored on separate repository, away from > the 4D Server application and the 4D structure files, ie. the .4DD, .4DR and > the log file will be stored on a drive (with a different IP address) away > from the .4DB and .RSR files and the 4D Server application. > > This works fine when the 4Dv17 Server is run directly as an application. > However the service fails because apparently the service is unable to locate > the data files on the separate server when the service starts. > The service will start and quit. Windows Event Log indicated an error to the > effect that the database cannot be opened. > > Is there any solution for this? > > Regards, > Ronnie > > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:[email protected] > ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
