Thank you for your reply.

Unfortunately, setting the permissions doesn't help when a script running under IUSR_MACHINE (the Internet Guest Account) is trying to open a file on another machine even when the other machine is on the same domain. The reason is that by default the Internet Guest Account does not have network file access.

This can be worked around by promoting the Internet Guest Account to a domain level account or by duplicating the Internet Guest Account on the other machine. The second approach is described as more secure because one doesn't want to necessarily allow all web site visitors access to other machines on the network.

I believe it's also possible to change the account that the script is running under to a domain level account or perhaps another local account that is duplicated on the other machine. I'm having trouble switching the anonymous account to a domain level account because I think my Win2K machine is not able to make sense of the Active Directory that has replaced the old NT user login account lists.

In any case, I'm wondering if it would simplify things for my users if the script were able to update the text file using a different account. Perhaps this solution is similar to switching the anonymous account under which the script runs?

I have searched through the Perl documentation but don't see any functions that allow me to do operations using a different login account. Maybe this has been left out intentionally or I'm using the wrong search criteria?

Thanks.

Richard

In reply to Re: Re: Is it possible to have a script run under one account and open a file using another? by Anonymous Monk
in thread Is it possible to have a script run under one account and open a file using another? by rzward

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