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Re: Informxi CSDK - ConnectTest Demo

Posted By: Sathyanesh Krishnan
Date: Friday, 27 March 2015, at 4:27 p.m.

In Response To: Informxi CSDK - ConnectTest Demo (GUY DILLEN)

Hi Guy,

If the logon user has administrative privilege then you may adjust
User Account Control (UAC) setting on your system to solve the problem
(as long as you are comfortable with security aspects of new UAC setting)

If the logon user do not have administrative privilege then it makes
things complex. Windows a problem can be solve by N number of ways.
Well in otherworld N number of things may create problem too.

Let me give you some background about the problem you are facing.
Then you may choose to apply solution that best suited for your system.

The process of the ConnectTest tool needs administrative privilege
since it is modifies entries from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.

Since the introduction of Windows Vista, the windows process do not inherit
administrative privilege even if the logon user is an administrator.
By default, standard users and administrators access resources and
run applications in the security context of standard users.

There are multiple ways to overcome such problem, including redesigning the
application to grab administrative access token internally if the logon
user
has administrative privilege else prompt user asking for Admin password
etc.

Unfortunately this tool do not have any of such built-in mechanism to grab
administrative privilege so we need have workaround outside of the
application
Based on your system security level you may have to choose a way to
induce administrative privilege to this process.

Regards,
Satyan

Advisory Software Engineer
R&D - IBM Information Management Division
11200 Lakeview, Lenexa, KS 66219
Tel: 913 599 8792 (T/L: 337-8792)

ids-bounces@iiug.org wrote on 03/27/2015 01:44:27 PM:

> From: "GUY DILLEN" <guy.dillen@hotmail.com>
> To: ids@iiug.org
> Date: 03/27/2015 01:45 PM
> Subject: Informxi CSDK - ConnectTest Demo [34881]
> Sent by: ids-bounces@iiug.org
>
> Hi,
>
> Just installed 12.10FC4DE with the CSDK on Win 7 Pro (64-bit).
> When running ConnectTest Demo I get the error messages below.
> What am I missing?
>
> Thanks.
> Guy
>
> See the end of this message for details on invoking
> just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.
>
> ************** Exception Text **************
> System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the registry key
> 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Informix\Environment' is denied.
>
> at Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey.Win32Error(Int32 errorCode, String str)
>
> at Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey.CreateSubKey(String subkey,
> RegistryKeyPermissionCheck permissionCheck, RegistrySecurity
> registrySecurity)
>
> at ConnectTest.ConnectTest.getenvkey(String envstr)
>
> at ConnectTest.ConnectTest.ConnectTest_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)
>
> at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad(EventArgs e)
>
> at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean fIgnoreVisible)
>
> at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl()
>
> at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
>
> at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
>
> at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
>
> at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg,
IntPtr
> wparam, IntPtr lparam)
>
> ************** Loaded Assemblies **************
> mscorlib
>
> Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
>
> Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.5483 (Win7SP1GDR.050727-5400)
>
> CodeBase:
file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework64/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
> ----------------------------------------
> ConnectTest
>
> Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
>
> Win32 Version: 1.0.0.0
>
> CodeBase:
> file:///C:/Program%20Files/IBM%20Informix%20Software%20Bundle/bin/
> ConnectTest.exe
> ----------------------------------------
> System.Windows.Forms
>
> Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
>
> Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.5483 (Win7SP1GDR.050727-5400)
>
> CodeBase:
> file:///C:/windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.
> 0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
> ----------------------------------------
> System
>
> Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
>
> Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.5467 (Win7SP1GDR.050727-5400)
>
> CodeBase:
> file:///C:/windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.
> 0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
> ----------------------------------------
> System.Drawing
>
> Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
>
> Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.5483 (Win7SP1GDR.050727-5400)
>
> CodeBase:
> file:///C:/windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.
> 0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
> ----------------------------------------
>
> ************** JIT Debugging **************
> To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
> application or computer (machine.config) must have the
> jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
> The application must also be compiled with debugging
> enabled.
>
> For example:
>
> <configuration>
>
> <system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
> </configuration>
>
> When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
> will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
> rather than be handled by this dialog box.
>
>
>
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Messages In This Thread

• Informxi CSDK - ConnectTest Demo
  GUY DILLEN -- Friday, 27 March 2015, at 2:44 p.m.
  • Re: Informxi CSDK - ConnectTest Demo
    Sathyanesh Krishnan -- Friday, 27 March 2015, at 4:27 p.m.
    • Re: Informxi CSDK - ConnectTest Demo
      GUY DILLEN -- Sunday, 29 March 2015, at 7:10 a.m.

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