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- Mon Jul 09, 2012 5:23 pm
- Forum: Configuration, Maintenance, Troubleshooting
- Topic: separate config files from executables
- Replies: 4
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It's possible without too much work to run it as an unprivileged user. We do this with all service accounts, following the principle of least privilege. Writing data to an application install directory under program files has been discouraged since Windows 2000. With newer versions of Windows that e...
- Fri Jul 06, 2012 7:26 pm
- Forum: Configuration, Maintenance, Troubleshooting
- Topic: separate config files from executables
- Replies: 4
- Views: 11374
separate config files from executables
I notice that Host Monitor expects config files to be located in the same directory as the executable, and also expects to be able to write to the config files and other files in the directory containing the executable. From a security standpoint, this is considered bad practice. How can I get Host ...