Give users write permissions but not delete. Grant Creator Owner full modify?
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Glen Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Tony. > > Hope no one minds if I jump in the middle of this thread. > > Thanks for the tip on this neat program. > > Just tested on a problem software and it shows that the program is writing > temp files to C:\ > > Any suggestions how to allow it to run without giving the user admin over > the whole c drive? > > > > > > *From:* tony patton [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 18, 2009 11:06 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Help with /regserver > > > > Have you tried LUA Buglight? > > http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archive/2008/11/06/lua-buglight-2-0-second-preview.aspx > > Never used it myself so mightn't be what your looking for. > > Regards > > Tony Patton > Desktop Operations Cavan > Ext 8078 > Direct Dial 049 435 2878 > email: [email protected] > > *James Rankin <[email protected]>* > > 18/08/2009 16:01 > > Please respond to > "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> > > To > > "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> > > cc > > Subject > > Re: Help with /regserver > > > > > > > I have, and I can't seem to find anything out of the ordinary. I may give > it another go tomorrow with a finer-toothed comb... > > 2009/8/18 Charlie Kaiser <[email protected]> > Install Process Monitor on the machine running the app (or a clean machine > with the app installed) and watch what it does. It should detail the exact > calls to registry, file system, and network resources. You should be able > to > identify exactly which DLLs, exes, and registry calls you need to modify > the > security on (or point to their app and say "it's broke"). > > *********************** > Charlie Kaiser* > *[email protected] > Kingman, AZ > *********************** > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 7:46 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: Help with /regserver > > > > Hehe...I doubt anyone has worked with it, it's a horrible car > > wreck of an application called Universal Housing marketed by > > a company called Civica. Their own support teams are useless, > > and because we have a virtual Citrix farm with AppSense and > > mandatory profiles, they just blame our environment for any > > problems they can't solve. > > > > According to them, the switch "registers uhm.exe so that w2 > > bof can access it". When I pressed them to explain this > > gobbledegook further, I was met with a wall of silence which > > is continuing now. One of their top consultants was on site > > yesterday and after looking at the error helpfully concluded > > that he wasn't a Windows guy. This pathetic lack of support > > is the reason I threw it out on the list in the hope that the > > /regserver switch did something generic that I could track to > > a registry key or file. > > > > I truly hate this software. Some of their report fields are > > called From and To which stop reports from running because I > > think they correspond to SQL commands....I've worked with > > some rubbish, but this could be one of the worst. > > > > Happy days! > > > > > > 2009/8/18 Christopher Bodnar <[email protected]> > > > > > > It could be doing anything. Switches are hard coded in > > the application. The developers can create any switches they > > want, to do anything, and call them whatever they please. You > > should really ask the application vendor what the switches do. > > > > > > > > What is the application? Maybe someone on the list is > > familiar with it, and can give some advice. > > > > > > > > Chris Bodnar, MCSE > > Sr. Systems Engineer > > Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services > > Guardian Life Insurance Company of America > > Email: [email protected] > > Phone: 610-807-6459 > > Fax: 610-807-6003 > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 10:12 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Help with /regserver > > > > > > > > Hi guys / gals > > > > I have a (POS) application that, unsurprisingly, is > > vital to our business. The company that manufacture said app > > have decided that they need to use a special executable to > > run it, which keeps the version updated. It's a FoxPro app > > (blech) and for some reason, when they run it, the first > > thing it does is call the main executable with the /regserver > > switch. I'm not sure what this does, and would appreciate it > > if someone could educate me, because unless you run it with > > admin rights (which ain't happening on my watch), the thing > > fails with the error "Visual FoxPro could not start. Could > > not load resources". Running with admin rights - all OK. > > > > I've been looking at process monitor output all > > afternoon and can't work out what it's doing, I've been > > messing about with registry permissions and file permissions > > for what seems like an eternity. The great Google-God appears > > short on inspiration (for me, anyway). Can anyone tell me > > what this mysterious /regserver switch does, as I am sure > > something in our mandatory profile is preventing it from executing? > > > > As always, thanks gratefully provided in advance. > > > > > > JRR > > > > -- > > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr > > Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the > > right answers come out?' 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