Why not save your options as properties in the stack? Bob S
> On Jul 7, 2015, at 03:08 , Tiemo Hollmann TB <toolb...@kestner.de> wrote: > > Hi Peter, > > hmmm, never thought about that it could be a design fault. > > Beside real user based options I keep some general options in my option > file, like the path to video files, or a flag if the software should look > automatically for updates. If I think about schools, where different users > can log in the same computer, that's why I wanted to keep one option file > for all users. > But if I follow your hint, I would have to split this option file into an > "admin-options-file", which is only accessible for the admin and a > "user-options-file", which is stored in the user files. > Would you agree to this approach or do you see a chance to keep a single > options file which works in multi-user environments as on a private > single-user computer? > Tiemo > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag > von Peter TB Brett > Gesendet: Dienstag, 7. Juli 2015 11:43 > An: How to use LiveCode > Betreff: Re: Where to put on windows an option file accessable for all > users? > > On 2015-07-07 10:12, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote: > >> I have an option file, which should be read/writable for all users. > > Hi Tiemo, > > Please note that this goes against security best practice. > Configuration files that are readable by all users should only be writable > to privileged users, i.e. administrators. If all users can read and write a > single configuration file, this is very often an exploitable security flaw. > > If at all possible, I recommend to design your software so that each user > gets his or her own configuration file. The "virtualisation" that you are > complaining about is actually a security *feature* in Windows in order to > work around flaws in older software that attempts to use a single, "all > users" configuration file! > > Peter > > -- > Dr Peter Brett <peter.br...@livecode.com> LiveCode Engine Development Team > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
