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NickC
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 Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:53 am Post subject: How-to Run Abyss Service as non-Admin (Windows)? |
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I'm uncomfortable running Abyss as a service that runs as SYSTEM (which seems to be the default). (Windows XP Pro.)
I created a new account "Webserver" with no extra permissions (i.e. same as a normal user) and changed the service properties to run it as that user. I also changed the server_root and the \program files\abyss 6.0\ so that Webserver was the owner. Abyss ran ok, but wouldn't serve pages (Forbidden or Not Found, I can't remember which).
I changed everything so Abyss ran as me and the owner of the directories was me. Everything is now running ok, except I'm a Power User and I'm still uncomfortable with a service running with those permissions.
I'd like Abyss to run as a low-permission user, similar to nobody in Linux. Can someone explain how to do it or point me to a how-to?
I'm a newbie at MS XP adminstration (more of a Linux person). Many thanks to any XPer who can help. |
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aprelium
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| Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 12:26 pm Post subject: Re: How-to Run Abyss Service as non-Admin (Windows)? |
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| NickC wrote: | | I created a new account "Webserver" with no extra permissions (i.e. same as a normal user) and changed the service properties to run it as that user. I also changed the server_root and the \program files\abyss 6.0\ so that Webserver was the owner. Abyss ran ok, but wouldn't serve pages (Forbidden or Not Found, I can't remember which). |
You'll have to change the files/directories permissions to allow access to your new user Webserver. Right click on the root directory of Abyss Web Server and select Properties. Select then the Security tab and change the settings to allow Webserver to access the files.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308418&sd=tech should give you detailed instructions on how to do so.
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NickC
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| Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:45 pm Post subject: Re: How-to Run Abyss Service as non-Admin (Windows)? |
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| Thanks for that. It's all working fine now. I basically re-did what I did before, but I must have got it right this time ;). |
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