> The problem with mapped drives is that they may not be available or set > under the user account the Coldfusion service is using. I'm assuming > your running on a Windows box. Drive mappings are created at the time a > user logs onto a Windows box. Since Coldfusion runs as a service, the > user account it is assigned to run under never "logs in". You'd be > better off using a UNC path.
While I agree with your conclusion about using UNC paths, it's not exactly correct to say that CF never logs in. If you configure the CF service to run as a specific user, that user does in fact log in. If that user previously created persistent drive mappings, those will still be present. 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 ons ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:345944 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
