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September 16, 2008
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creating a coldfusion service account for a specific user

  • September 16, 2008
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Coldfusion 8 (on windows server 2008) is currently running as localsystem. I am trying to create a coldfusion service account for a specific user. I created the user and I stopped the service. Under the log on tab for the service I entered the new logon details. I gave the new user account "Read & execute, List Folder Contents and Read" permissions on the "ColdFusion8" and "cfide" directories. I restarted the service and got the following error message (the service runs fine as localsystem or administrator):

500 - Internal Server Error

java.lang.NullPointerException
at jrun.servlet.JRunRequestDispatcher.invoke(JRunRequestDispatcher.java:285)
at jrun.servlet.ServletEngineService.dispatch(ServletEngineService.java:543)
at jrun.servlet.jrpp.JRunProxyService.invokeRunnable(JRunProxyService.java:203)
at jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$DownstreamMetrics.invokeRunnable(ThreadPool.java:320)
at jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$ThreadThrottle.invokeRunnable(ThreadPool.java:428)
at jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$UpstreamMetrics.invokeRunnable(ThreadPool.java:266)
at jrunx.scheduler.WorkerThread.run(WorkerThread.java:66)
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    Inspiring
    September 16, 2008
    harpso wrote:
    > Coldfusion 8 (on windows server 2008) is currently running as localsystem. I
    > am trying to create a coldfusion service account for a specific user. I created
    > the user and I stopped the service. Under the log on tab for the service I
    > entered the new logon details. I gave the new user account "Read & execute,
    > List Folder Contents and Read" permissions on the "ColdFusion8" and "cfide"
    > directories.

    That is not enough. For instance, where is CF going to write its
    logfiles? You didn't give it any write permissions.

    My personal recipe is at:
    http://jochem.vandieten.net/2008/04/06/windows-file-permissions-for-the-coldfusion-account/

    Jochem

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    Jochem van Dieten
    Adobe Community Expert for ColdFusion
    Inspiring
    September 16, 2008
    This Adobe Knowledge base article describes what permissions a
    'ColdFusion' user need to run properly.

    http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_17279