Re: Connecting to a database

From: Eric den Doop (ericdendoop_at_xspamblockxfoxite.com)
Date: 05/24/04 

Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 11:31:38 +0200

Hello, Nuyttens!
You wrote on Mon, 24 May 2004 08:40:22 GMT:

 NX> We are hosting a webserver for a client, and have a connection to our
 NX> foxpro software via a dll. If we put the software on the drive that has
 NX> also the website, it works ok. If we move the software to an external
 NX> networkdrive, it gives an error that it can't connect to the database.
 NX> Probably this is because of security reasons. Does anybody know how to
 NX> resolve this problem ?

You are correct. This is a security issue. Your web application is probably
running under the local IWAM_machine-name account. This account does not
exist on the remote file server. Therefore, you can't access the database.
There are different ways to resolve this problem. For example, you can
lower/change the NTFS security on the remote folder/share. You can also
setup your IIS to use a different account to run your web app. If you do
that, make sure you specify an account that exists on the entire network.
Ask your network admin to help because he's responsible for network
security. 

-- 
Eric den Doop
www.foxite.com - The Home Of The Visual FoxPro Experts - Powered By VFP8

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