How about DCOMCNFG. You can set who can execute the COM object there. It may be worth a try to set the permissions to Everyone and see if it works.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Brook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 9:15 PM Subject: Re: UNC PATHS > Oh my god, your kidding? I've spent all &*%^ day trying to get this to > work. My problem is this. If run under the local account I can execute COM > objects just fine. But I get the access denied error using any other > account, even admin accounts. But I can not connect to a share while > running under the local account. Your saying this is impossible?? Geesshhh.. > > The process in CF which calls the COM object then immediately uses the UNC > path, so I can't use one without the other but I can't get COM to execute > with anything other than CFMX running under the local account. What a major > pain in the ass. I've tried everything I can think of in terms of > permissions for the CFMX account to execute COM with no luck. Any > suggestions in that regard? > > Thanks for the heads up on the local account / unc path stuff. I might have > been doing this forever. I'm trying to get our billing system to work since > the CFMX upgrade, and I was supposed to have this done yesterday so we > could bill our monthly subscribers. So much for that, but I really need to > get it done tonight..... > > thanks again..... > > Brook > > > At 02:38 AM 03/10/02 +0200, you wrote: > >Brook wrote: > > > When running CFMX on a standalone Win2k server, as the localSystem > > Account, > > > what permissions do you need to set on a remote share to allow access? > > When > > > running as the system account, what user/pass is used to connect to a > > > remote share? Is it Anonymous Login?? I can't get this to work and its > > > driving me mad.... > > > >Change the account, it won't work with the *local*system account. > > > >Jochem > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.

