An issue with accessing files outside of web root

Question

Basically, this is an extension of this thread.

I have added a mapping in CF Admin.

I have:

C:\ColdFusion9\xcfc

C:\ColdFusion9\wwwroot

In CF Admin, I have added a mapping: /xcfc points to C:\ColdFusion9\xcfc

I used the following code:

<cfinclude template="/xcfc/test.txt" />

I get an error message:

Security: the requested template has been denied access to C:\ColdFusion\xcfc\test.txt

(java.io.FilePermission C:\ColdFusion\xcfc\test.txt execute.)

I read, somewhere, about making sure the CF user has rights. But in my Users CP (Win7), there is only Administrator, Guest, and myself.

???

^_^

Adam Cameron. · Answer

You've probably got some sort of simplified user management mode on or something. There will still be a local system account too.

What a/c does the ColdFusion service run as? It's that account that needs permissions. That said, on a local install, the local system account usually has access to the whole file system.

One thing I notice is this:

I have:

C:\ColdFusion9\xcfc

But this:

Security: the requested template has been denied access to C:\ColdFusion\xcfc\test.txt

Those are not the same paths (note one is C:\ColdFusion9, the other is just C:\ColdFusion).

Did you google the error message to seeif anyone else has had this?

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Adam

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