> We have a host of strange issues suddenly going on, on a > Win2k Server CF5.0 box as follows (all these items were > working ok before). > > Firstly, when we try to set up an ODBC DSN on anything > other than C: we are unable to browse the other drives > from the ODBC set up facility in control panel - admin > tools - datasources. > > Secondly, when we try to browse any drive from inside CF > Admin we get a bland "server error" message just before > the directories are listed. Which looks like a permissions > thing? > > Thirdly and co incidental with all this CFGRAPH is no > longer able to create images. > > We think we have some sort of Permissions thing going on > and have pinged our hosting company who tell us they have > never seen this before and don't know how to solve it.
It does sound like a permissions problem. To diagnose it, you'll have to just follow the same steps you'd use to diagnose any permissions problem - find out what CF can't touch. You can use auditing for this, or you might use the freeware Filemon tool from http://www.sysinternals.com/. Personally, I'd start out looking at the basics, though: what user account is the CF service and the RDS service running as, and what are the permissions on the root directory of each filesystem. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
