> Hmmm... except in some systems (Unix) a user can be there without having > a home, and that is especially true for users that run services. > > However, this is the Windows installer. Can a user that runs services > exist without a home there?
Right now the user running the GeoServer service is the built-in LocalSystem, and correct, it doesn't have a home directory. But we could use "Users\Public" (aka "Documents and Settings\All Users") as a home for that case. Thanks, Mike Pumphrey OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org Andrea Aime wrote: > Ian Turton ha scritto: >> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Mike Pumphrey <m...@opengeo.org> wrote: >>> Hi Ian. That is a valid consideration. The new installer does put a >>> shortcut in the Start Menu to that folder, but you're right that the >>> inability to simply navigate to the data_dir via Explorer could be a bit >>> awkward. Do you have an alternate placement suggestion, or do you >>> think we >>> should leave things as is? >>> >> >> I guess $HOME/Geoserver_data would probably work best across most >> systems - the user can find it easily, has write permission and you >> could put a readme in the directory telling them how to change >> $GEOSERVER_DATADIR to point to an new location if they want to change >> it. > > Hmmm... except in some systems (Unix) a user can be there without having > a home, and that is especially true for users that run services. > > However, this is the Windows installer. Can a user that runs services > exist without a home there? > > Cheers > Andrea > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Geoserver-devel mailing list Geoserver-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel
