I just spoke with the guy at the location that was having this problem. He reports that he got his computer consultant in to look at it, and he found that the guy didn't really have administrator rights on the server location where the DBF files are. Once these were granted, my program worked correctly.
Now, he had told me he was able to manually delete a file from that location while logged in on his workstation. He did it while I was on the phone with him. I assumed he was telling the truth. He's not the brightest bulb on the tree though... Maybe neither am I. My diagnostic procedure failed in this case; the admin permission explanation occurred to me but I discarded it when he was able to delete a file from the data location. I'd like to understand my mistake. The directory on the server should be set up so that ordinary users can read and write, but only an administrator should be able to delete files. If this was not the case and any user could have deleted files, then him not having admin rights would not have caused the program to crash. The file he manually deleted was one he himself created, but as I understand permissions on a Windows Server directory, denying deletion rights applies to all files in the location regardless of who creates them. But maybe I'm wrong about that. So, given that granting him "real" admin rights on the server solved the problem and allowed my program to work, how is it possible that he was able to remotely delete a file from the server location but my program, running under the same login, could not? Thanks. Ken Dibble www.stic-cil.org _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/5.2.1.1.1.20110902094251.01df3...@pop-server.stny.rr.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
