os listdir access denied when run as a service

[Thomas Thomas]

Hi All,

I am trying to access a mapped network drive folder. everything works fine
normally. But when i run the application as service I am getting the error

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "docBoxApp. py", line 129, in ?
File "core\PollFiles .pyc", line 332, in doPoll
File "core\PollFiles .pyc", line 47, in createFileList
File "core\PollFiles .pyc", line 25, in addFolderFiles
WindowsError: [Errno 5] Access is denied: 'G:\\DT Hot Folder test/*.*'


below is my code


def addFolderFiles( folder,filelist =[]):
logger=ServerIn terface.getErro rLogger()
folder = folder.encode(' ascii') #convert path to ascii for File Method
for filename in os.listdir(fold er):#line 25
file=os.path.jo in(folder,filen ame)
logger.error("l oop file :"+file);
if os.path.isfile( file):
logger.error("i s file :"+file);
if ((not (file.find(".tm p")>=0)) and (not
(file.find("~") >=0))):
filelist.append (file)
elif os.path.isdir(f ile):
logger.error("f ile is a directory :"+file);
addFolderFiles( file,filelist)

def createFileList( files,folders,f ilelist=[]):
logger=ServerIn terface.getErro rLogger()
for file in files:
file = file.encode('as cii') #convert path to ascii for File Method
if os.path.isfile( file):
if ((not (file.find(".tm p")>=0)) and (not (file.find("~") >=0))):
filelist.append (file)

for folder in folders:
logger.error("g ot a folder :"+folder);
logger.error("i t was in the list :"+folders.__st r__());
addFolderFiles( folder,filelist )
return (1,filelist)

anything I can do about this..


-----------------------------------------------------
Thomas Thomas

[Larry Bates]

Re: os listdir access denied when run as a service

Thomas Thomas wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to access a mapped network drive folder. everything works fine
> normally. But when i run the application as service I am getting the error
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "docBoxApp. py", line 129, in ?
> File "core\PollFiles .pyc", line 332, in doPoll
> File "core\PollFiles .pyc", line 47, in createFileList
> File "core\PollFiles .pyc", line 25, in addFolderFiles
> WindowsError: [Errno 5] Access is denied: 'G:\\DT Hot Folder test/*.*'
>
>
> below is my code
>
>
> def addFolderFiles( folder,filelist =[]):
> logger=ServerIn terface.getErro rLogger()
> folder = folder.encode(' ascii') #convert path to ascii for File Method
> for filename in os.listdir(fold er):#line 25
> file=os.path.jo in(folder,filen ame)
> logger.error("l oop file :"+file);
> if os.path.isfile( file):
> logger.error("i s file :"+file);
> if ((not (file.find(".tm p")>=0)) and (not
> (file.find("~") >=0))):
> filelist.append (file)
> elif os.path.isdir(f ile):
> logger.error("f ile is a directory :"+file);
> addFolderFiles( file,filelist)
>
> def createFileList( files,folders,f ilelist=[]):
> logger=ServerIn terface.getErro rLogger()
> for file in files:
> file = file.encode('as cii') #convert path to ascii for File Method
> if os.path.isfile( file):
> if ((not (file.find(".tm p")>=0)) and (not (file.find("~") >=0))):
> filelist.append (file)
>
> for folder in folders:
> logger.error("g ot a folder :"+folder);
> logger.error("i t was in the list :"+folders.__st r__());
> addFolderFiles( folder,filelist )
> return (1,filelist)
>
> anything I can do about this..
>
>
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Thomas Thomas
>[/color]
Remember that services run under a different context than the
foreground login. You can configure services to run under
a user context by editing that info in the service control
panel applet under the Log On tab at the top. The default
is to run the service under Local System account which
probably doesn't have any mapped drives.

-Larry Bates

[Ian Parker]

Re: os listdir access denied when run as a service

In message <mailman.6178.1 148529545.27775 .python-list@python.org >,
Thomas Thomas <thomas@eforms. co.nz> writes[color=blue]
>Hi All,
>
>I am trying to access a mapped network drive folder. everything works fine
>normally. But when i run the application as service I am getting the error
>
>Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "docBoxApp. py", line 129, in ?
> File "core\PollFiles .pyc", line 332, in doPoll
> File "core\PollFiles .pyc", line 47, in createFileList
> File "core\PollFiles .pyc", line 25, in addFolderFiles
>WindowsError : [Errno 5] Access is denied: 'G:\\DT Hot Folder test/*.*'
>
>
>below is my code
>
>
>def addFolderFiles( folder,filelist =[]):
> logger=ServerIn terface.getErro rLogger()
> folder = folder.encode(' ascii') #convert path to ascii for File Method
> for filename in os.listdir(fold er):#line 25
> file=os.path.jo in(folder,filen ame)
> logger.error("l oop file :"+file);
> if os.path.isfile( file):
> logger.error("i s file :"+file);
> if ((not (file.find(".tm p")>=0)) and (not
>(file.find("~" )>=0))):
> filelist.append (file)
> elif os.path.isdir(f ile):
> logger.error("f ile is a directory :"+file);
> addFolderFiles( file,filelist)
>
>def createFileList( files,folders,f ilelist=[]):
> logger=ServerIn terface.getErro rLogger()
> for file in files:
> file = file.encode('as cii') #convert path to ascii for File Method
> if os.path.isfile( file):
> if ((not (file.find(".tm p")>=0)) and (not (file.find("~") >=0))):
> filelist.append (file)
>
> for folder in folders:
> logger.error("g ot a folder :"+folder);
> logger.error("i t was in the list :"+folders.__st r__());
> addFolderFiles( folder,filelist )
> return (1,filelist)
>
>anything I can do about this..
>
>
>-----------------------------------------------------
>Thomas Thomas
>[/color]
This may be relevant. IIRC, when you run a service under the system
account it doesn't have network access. You need to run it under an
account that does have access to the drive.

Regards

Ian
--
Ian Parker