> I haven't seen this discussed in years, and the Adobe Knowledge Base article > is more than three years old. > > So I'd like to see if someone has recent experience with setting a specific > user account for CF, rather than running it as System. > > The server in question is Win Server 2008 running CF Standard. > > My specific question involves the fact that Adobe says that the CF User must > have full control of the OS directories (windows and system32 in the KB > article). > > My concern is that giving that user account full control of those > directories is a little scary. > > Does anyone know if "full control" is really required? Or does anyone have > any specific advice in this regard?
Full control of those directories is NOT required. In fact, you can run CF as a very limited user. It will need control over its own directories, and at least read/execute over your web content (more if you plan to use CFFILE, etc). Presumably, you'd need additional privileges if you use the CFREGISTRY tag, but otherwise CF is pretty well separated from Windows in general. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:330265 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
