Are admin permissions really needed?

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I have a vendor that is trying to tell me that they need Admin
permissions on the Windows 2003 server to perform the following
actions. They also thought they needed it for file creation and
registry editing, which they don't, but I'm unfamiliar with the
following and can't find much online. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

1. Global System Objects (mutex, events) creation/read/write, used by
Inter Process Communication:
- Conversion engine
- Database remote storage
- Database lock/synchronization management
- DW licensing management
- Full Text Search (indexing service) management

2. Shared Memory creation/read/write (used by Inter Process
Communication):
- Trace engine
- Event log reporting

3. DCOM objects creation
 
Re: Are admin permissions really needed?

sdunnack <sdunnack@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a vendor that is trying to tell me that they need Admin
> permissions on the Windows 2003 server to perform the following
> actions. They also thought they needed it for file creation and
> registry editing, which they don't, but I'm unfamiliar with the
> following and can't find much online. Any help is greatly appreciated.
> Thanks!
>
> 1. Global System Objects (mutex, events) creation/read/write, used by
> Inter Process Communication:
> - Conversion engine
> - Database remote storage
> - Database lock/synchronization management
> - DW licensing management
> - Full Text Search (indexing service) management
>
> 2. Shared Memory creation/read/write (used by Inter Process
> Communication):
> - Trace engine
> - Event log reporting
>
> 3. DCOM objects creation

Are they saying they need this as a *user* account or to *install* the
software once?
 
Re: Are admin permissions really needed?

They say it's needed to run the application.

On Sep 15, 6:34 pm, "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<lanwe...@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatyahoo.com> wrote:
> sdunnack <sdunn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have a vendor that is trying to tell me that they need Admin
> > permissions on the Windows 2003 server to perform the following
> > actions. They also thought they needed it for file creation and
> > registry editing, which they don't, but I'm unfamiliar with the
> > following and can't find much online. Any help is greatly appreciated.
> > Thanks!
>
> > 1. Global System Objects (mutex, events) creation/read/write, used by
> > Inter Process Communication:
> > - Conversion engine
> > - Database remote storage
> > - Database lock/synchronization management
> > - DW licensing management
> > - Full Text Search (indexing service) management
>
> > 2. Shared Memory creation/read/write (used by Inter Process
> > Communication):
> > - Trace engine
> > - Event log reporting
>
> > 3. DCOM objects creation
>
> Are they saying they need this as a *user* account or to *install* the
> software once?
 
Re: Are admin permissions really needed?

sdunnack <sdunnack@gmail.com> wrote:
> They say it's needed to run the application.

If it's an application designed to run on a server, it should run as a
*service* and not as any particular user. What's the app?

>
> On Sep 15, 6:34 pm, "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <lanwe...@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatyahoo.com> wrote:
>> sdunnack <sdunn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I have a vendor that is trying to tell me that they need Admin
>>> permissions on the Windows 2003 server to perform the following
>>> actions. They also thought they needed it for file creation and
>>> registry editing, which they don't, but I'm unfamiliar with the
>>> following and can't find much online. Any help is greatly
>>> appreciated. Thanks!
>>
>>> 1. Global System Objects (mutex, events) creation/read/write, used
>>> by Inter Process Communication:
>>> - Conversion engine
>>> - Database remote storage
>>> - Database lock/synchronization management
>>> - DW licensing management
>>> - Full Text Search (indexing service) management
>>
>>> 2. Shared Memory creation/read/write (used by Inter Process
>>> Communication):
>>> - Trace engine
>>> - Event log reporting
>>
>>> 3. DCOM objects creation
>>
>> Are they saying they need this as a *user* account or to *install*
>> the software once?
 
Re: Are admin permissions really needed?

On Sep 24, 11:19 am, "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<lanwe...@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatyahoo.com> wrote:
> sdunnack <sdunn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > They say it's needed to run the application.
>
> If it's an application designed to run on a server, it should run as a
> *service* and not as any particular user. What's the app?
>
>
>
> > On Sep 15, 6:34 pm, "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> > <lanwe...@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatyahoo.com> wrote:
> >> sdunnack <sdunn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> I have a vendor that is trying to tell me that they need Admin
> >>> permissions on the Windows 2003 server to perform the following
> >>> actions. They also thought they needed it for file creation and
> >>> registry editing, which they don't, but I'm unfamiliar with the
> >>> following and can't find much online. Any help is greatly
> >>> appreciated. Thanks!
>
> >>> 1. Global System Objects (mutex, events) creation/read/write, used
> >>> by Inter Process Communication:
> >>> - Conversion engine
> >>> - Database remote storage
> >>> - Database lock/synchronization management
> >>> - DW licensing management
> >>> - Full Text Search (indexing service) management
>
> >>> 2. Shared Memory creation/read/write (used by Inter Process
> >>> Communication):
> >>> - Trace engine
> >>> - Event log reporting
>
> >>> 3. DCOM objects creation
>
> >> Are they saying they need this as a *user* account or to *install*
> >> the software once?

It's DeliveryWare by Esker.
 
Re: Are admin permissions really needed?

sdunnack <sdunnack@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sep 24, 11:19 am, "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <lanwe...@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatyahoo.com> wrote:
>> sdunnack <sdunn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> They say it's needed to run the application.
>>
>> If it's an application designed to run on a server, it should run as
>> a *service* and not as any particular user. What's the app?

<snipped for length & clarity>

> It's DeliveryWare by Esker.

And is it designed to run on a server? Nobody should be logged *in* to the
server, you know.
 
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