Scheduled Agent to Access files on the network

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Hi,

I have a scheduled Agent that should access a shared folder on the network to write text files in that folder.

Domino Server runs as service with the entry “Log On as” set to “Local System”.

Which user should I give access to the shared folder in order for the agent to work properly.

Thanks.

Samer

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Subject: Machine account

If the server runs on Windows, I guess you have to give access to the machine account the Domino server is running on.
Most Windows administrators prefer creating a special user account for services like Domino.

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Subject: Domino is trying to write to a shared folder on the network not local

Hi Karen,

The issue here is that I am trying to write to a shared folder on the network and not on the same machine.

I am not sure which user I should give permission to that folder for Domino to be able to access it.

Thanks,
Samer.

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Subject: thanks

Thank you guys for the details.

I will see how feasible it is to change the service logon account.

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Subject: Domino is trying to write to a shared folder on the network not local

Hi Karen,

The issue here is that I am trying to write to a shared folder on the network and not on the same machine.

I am not sure which user I should give permission to that folder for Domino to be able to access it.

Thanks,
Samer.

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Subject: account

To expand on Marcel’s comment, the ‘local system’ account does not have network privileges - it cannot access the network shares. The Domino service has to logon using a Windows account that has write access to the network share.

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Subject: Domino running as Local system in windows is elevated

From my experience, domino running as local system in windows is elevated. Like, I try to run an .exe file via a script and triggered in domino and runs without any issues (without having to specify run as admin in the script). Only in linux do you have to specify folder permissions because then it has to run as a specific user. from what i know local system user can write to any folder on the machine. anyhow you can capture folder permissions error quite easily in the agent log.