From: cman122...@hotmail.com
To: roberto.c.agui...@gmail.com
Subject: RE: [python-win32] Python service needs to access network resources
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:10:56 -0500
> Subject: Re: [python-win32] Python service needs to access network resources
> From: roberto.c.agui...@gmail.com
> Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 20:02:34 -0700
> CC: python-win32@python.org
> To: cman122...@hotmail.com
>
> On Apr 19, 2011, at 5:48 PM, Chris Bennett wrote:
> > I have been trying to figure this out for weeks now.
> > I have made a simply Python service on my local computer, but it needs to
> > import a module from the network.
> > I have tried appending the UNC of the folder to the path but it still says
> > "there is no module named X"
> > Then when I tried running the service logged on as NT
> > AUTHORITY\NetworkService it cannot find my service object, even if I point
> > to it with UNC in the registry.
> > I am running out of ideas. Does anybody have any suggestions? Is it a
> > firewall issue?
> >
> > Windows XP. Python 2.5.
>
Thank you Roberto! Because of what you said I got it to work.
I was appending to the path outside of the the service class when i should have
been appending it inside.
> Have you tried running the script that imports the module as a stand alone
> program and _not_ as a service? Can it access the network module?
The script imports the module fine if it runs as a stand alone program. So yes
it easily accesses the module, but I am logged in under a user that has that
network device connected and mapped.
> Can os.listdir(unc_path) list the directory?
Yes it can when i run the service logged in under my user name.
> I assume, when you say appending the UNC to the path you mean sys.path?
Correct.
> Have you tried mapping the network drive to a drive letter and adding that to
> the path?
^^^ THIS SUGGESTION LED ME TO THE ANSWER. When I tried to map the network drive
outside the service class it threw an error saying it already existed. When I
mapped the network drive and appended the path (appending the UNC worked too),
I was able to use the module. much appreciated. This was making me quite
aggravated.
> If the module is on the local machine does it import properly?
yes it does.
> -Roberto.
>
-Chris
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