You can try with jcifs (http://jcifs.samba.org/). It should allow you to access a remote share using a different user context, though I'd reccommend using a dedicated account for this kind of job.
Hope it helps, b. nitin403 wrote: > > > > Juha Laiho wrote: >> >> nitin403 wrote: >>> I have create a servlet which needs to read a file on a share folder. >>> When I run tomcat service as anonymous it is not able to access read >>> this >>> file. >>> But when I run tomcat service as a user who as access to this file, then >>> it >>> runs fine. >>> >>> My Question is, is it possible to something similar to this in servlet >>> code >>> at run time for running the servlet in tomcat. >> >> No, you can't change Tomcat user at runtime. What you can do is to >> run Tomcat as a specific user, and allow that spcific user to access >> the files it needs to (via group membership or a per-account permission). >> -- >> ..Juha >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> > > Thanks for your help Juha Laiho. > > The reason for my asking this question was that every time I deploy this > servlet on any system then I have to always make the tomcat to with the > user. > > Is there no other way in java to read a file. > > Thanks for your help in advance. > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/How-to-specify-windows-user-in-runtime-in-tomcat--tp14247742p14331680.html Sent from the Tomcat - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
