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File permissions for OpenTextFile (append) - 5/14/2008 10:54:23 PM   
  asgaroth

 

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Status: offline 		Hello,

I have a question regarding file permissions needed to append text to a File.

I am currently writing a logon script which maps networks drives. Mapping should be logged in a logfile.

This logfile is and has to be write only for the users.

When i use: FileSystemObject.OpenTextFile("\\Path\"& UserName &".txt", 8 )

there is a File Permission Error...

Everything works fine if i give myself write privileges.

Is it possible to append to the logfile without changing the permissions to read and write?

Best Regards, Jo
 
 
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RE: File permissions for OpenTextFile (append) - 5/15/2008 12:08:21 AM   
  ebgreen


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Status: offline 		If you want to append then the rights must be read/write since an append must first read the file the write additions to it.

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RE: File permissions for OpenTextFile (append) - 5/15/2008 12:24:30 AM   
  asgaroth

 

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Status: offline 		Thats bad...
We wanted to konvert all our logon scripts from kickstart to VBS and kickstart somehow managed to append without having read rights...
Maybe its possible to change rights temporary for logon or something...

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RE: File permissions for OpenTextFile (append) - 5/15/2008 12:33:23 AM   
  ebgreen


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Status: offline 		I really don't see how Kicks could append without read/write as well. Appending always requires those two actions, read then write. Could you post the pertinent portion of the kicks script?

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RE: File permissions for OpenTextFile (append) - 5/18/2008 4:12:44 AM   
  asgaroth

 

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Status: offline 		Sure, here it is:

$logfilename = "\\server\logs\%username%.txt"

use n: /delete
use n: "\\server\email"
$x=dir("n:")
open(4, $logfilename, 4+1)
writeline(4, "Mounting Drives at: " + @DATE + " " + @TIME + " " + @HostName + @CRLF)

Hope that helps...

Best regards, asgaroth

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RE: File permissions for OpenTextFile (append) - 5/27/2008 8:34:03 PM   
  asgaroth

 

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Status: offline 		So now i found out that it works when i use

wshShell.run "CMD /C echo s: mounted >> " & logfile

Somehow the DOS >> command doesn't need read rights to append.
(Or it has read rights because its a system component).

That workaround works for my purposes.

I only need to find out how to prevent the Command prompt from poping up every time something is written in the logfile.

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RE: File permissions for OpenTextFile (append) - 5/28/2008 1:42:14 AM   
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Status: offline 		wshShell.run "CMD /C echo s: mounted >> " & logfile, 0

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RE: File permissions for OpenTextFile (append) - 5/28/2008 3:38:50 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: ebgreen

wshShell.run "CMD /C echo s: mounted >> " & logfile, 0


Hi ebgreen,

What does the entire code for this .bat look like?

-TKS

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RE: File permissions for OpenTextFile (append) - 5/29/2008 1:35:44 AM   
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