does developer require *write* access to servoy.properties

Classic Servoy
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I try to follow best practise in my development work, which means that post-install I dont run applications as an admin. (Ie not over-priviledged). This reduces the possibility of security attack issues and makes it less likely that something will break when a ‘standard’ users runs it with lower permissions. I just installed servoy 5.1.2 (as an admin) and I am now trying to run developer as a non-admin.
When it starts I get a workspace error related to the servoy.properties file (see below).

Looks like developer is trying to write to that file on startup? is that correct?
The standard install permissions give the average user ‘read’ on that file only…which doesnt seem to be enough.
Can you confirm that there is a write action on that file?
I assume there must be so that any changes the developer makes (eg addiing data sources etc) can be saved to that file.

If so best practise would be to create a group called ‘servoy developers’ and give the write to that file - then put developer users in that group; rather than making the developer admins (ugh!). (If that’s mentioned in the doco already then apologies that I didnt see it)

Workspace error:
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Error
Sun Apr 11 09:13:05 EST 2010
Unexpected Exception

java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Program Files\Servoy\developer..\application_server\servoy.properties (Access is denied)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(Native Method)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.(Unknown Source)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.(Unknown Source)
at com.servoy.j2db.util.Settings.save(Settings.java:42)
at com.servoy.eclipse.appserver.Activator$1.run(Activator.java:1)
at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)

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In short: yes, Servoy writes any property you add from the server-admin pages to the servoy.properties file and from developer when you add a database server.
The servoy process thus needs write access to that file (and log files).

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Thanks Patrick
In the end I worked out that it also requires to write to a couple of log files in that directory as well.
So I gave my ‘servoyadmins’ group write access to that directory and all is well - no errors.
Much better than giving the user admin rights to the entire box - or even worse the domain :twisted: