> > What are some of the known implications with starting CF > > as another user, if any? I need access to a file on > > another server for one very small component, and am > > trying to weigh the pros/cons of using either a network > > share, or going through FTP. If I understand correctly, > > in order to use a network share you have to start CF > > with an account that has the proper permissions on that > > share. > > > > This will be a file that needs to be updated fairly > > frequently: 10 - 50 times per day. What would you do? > > Yes, to use a Windows Networking share, you'll need CF to run > as a user which can see the share. To run CF as a different > user, you'll need to make sure that the user account has > permissions on all the right files and registry keys. There's > a good writeup of this for CF 5 here: > > http://www.defusion.com/articles/index.cfm?ArticleID=89 > > It's actually quite a bit easier with CFMX, since there's no > significant registry data - just ensure that the CFMX user > account has rights to the \CFusionMX directory and your .cfm > files, more or less. > > However, granting this user account rights to your network > might be a security issue. That's really up to you to decide.
One thing I forgot to mention; you might want to run CF as a specific user account anyway, just to limit other security problems. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
