I cannot do that (but would like to). My question is still, how do I keep from having to have the db (MySQL, flat file, etc) be world writable?

The DB files could be protected so that only the user that the service runs as has write permission. But easier is to set the DB service to start automatically, which means it will start as soon as the machine boots. Which would be before any user can authenticate themselves. The DB would then obtain a lock on the DB file, and since Win32 provides compulsory locking semantics and not advisory locking semantics the files would be effectively locked to anyone other than the DB service.

Overall there are a number of ways to accomplish what you want. But they wont be the *nix ways, so you might have to look at a different approach. For instance I think you prematurely dismissed (and for reasons that I dont think were correct) the service based approach suggested earlier.

---
demerphq


In reply to Re: Re: Re: suidperl/sudo function-alike on Win32 by demerphq
in thread suidperl/sudo function-alike on Win32 by traveler

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.