NexusDB as Windows Service

hi all!

I'm trying to run the nexus server (2.05) as windows service. A
connection to the server works as long as I'm using Aliases that
point to my local file system.
BUT whenever I try to access Aliases that point to windows shares I get
the following error message:

NexusDB: <unnamed TnxDatabase instance>: The alias references a
directory that does not exist [$2722/10018]

I know that if a service runs as local system it is not possible to
access shares. But even if I run the service with a specific user
account that has privileges to access the share, it does not work either.

Any ideas? Hope someone knows how to deal with this issue...

Thanks in advance.

regards,

hanspeter

Grahsl Hans-Peter wrote:
> hi all!
>
> I'm trying to run the nexus server (2.05) as windows service. A
> connection to the server works as long as I'm using Aliases that
> point to my local file system.
> BUT whenever I try to access Aliases that point to windows shares I get
> the following error message:
>
> NexusDB: <unnamed TnxDatabase instance>: The alias references a
> directory that does not exist [$2722/10018]
>
> I know that if a service runs as local system it is not possible to
> access shares. But even if I run the service with a specific user
> account that has privileges to access the share, it does not work either.
>
> Any ideas? Hope someone knows how to deal with this issue...
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> regards,
>
> hanspeter

Can be several things. Services don't see drive letter mappings
and you need to use UNC paths. Also when playing around it's
easy to forget that permissions for accessing a share aren't
the same as permissions for the actual files and directories.
You have to have access to both to open any files or directories.

You didn't post any configuration information so it's hard to
be specific.

--
Brian Evans [NDX]
Ottawa, ON, CANADA
GMT-5

Brian Evans [NDX] wrote:
> Grahsl Hans-Peter wrote:
>> hi all!
>>
>> I'm trying to run the nexus server (2.05) as windows service. A
>> connection to the server works as long as I'm using Aliases that
>> point to my local file system.
>> BUT whenever I try to access Aliases that point to windows shares I get
>> the following error message:
>>
>> NexusDB: <unnamed TnxDatabase instance>: The alias references a
>> directory that does not exist [$2722/10018]
>>
>> I know that if a service runs as local system it is not possible to
>> access shares. But even if I run the service with a specific user
>> account that has privileges to access the share, it does not work either.
>>
>> Any ideas? Hope someone knows how to deal with this issue...
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> regards,
>>
>> hanspeter
>
> Can be several things. Services don't see drive letter mappings
> and you need to use UNC paths. Also when playing around it's
> easy to forget that permissions for accessing a share aren't
> the same as permissions for the actual files and directories.
> You have to have access to both to open any files or directories.

Thanks for your quick reply. I must have somehow forgotten that services
don't see drive letter mappings. Now everything works fine...