[AccessD] OT: Network registry?

You could also use ADSI scripts to add this info into a registry key on 
each clients machine
from a network admin account.
Use the ADsSecurity.dll COM component from the ADSI SDK (Win2000) or the
built-in AdsSecurityUtility object on WinXP. It has a COM interface as 
well as
an API interface. This is not easy stuff! But it would give the BOFH 
heart failure.
No, I have not done this before but should be possible to write from vbs 
or Access.


DWUTKA at marlow.com wrote:

>Along the lines of the window service, I would recommend going with Named
>Pipes.  They're pretty easy to setup, and they're fast.  
>
>Drew
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>Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 10:32 AM
>To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>Subject: [AccessD] OT: Network registry?
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>
>Here's the problem.  I have an encrypted piece of information that I
>want to share with every computer in my network (~70 machines).  This
>information can change at any time so it would be difficult to store it
>locally on each workstation.
> 
>Currently I am storing this information in an INI file on a network
>share, which causes a series of problems:
>- I need to hard code the INI file location in the code accessing the
>data.  If the file location changes, I would need to update all of the
>workstations.
>- All users accessing this file need the appropriate file permissions.
>There really isn't a single network location that ALL users in this
>building access.
> 
>I was thinking of writing a Windows service that could run on one of the
>servers, that could monitor incoming requests from client workstations,
>and return the encrypted data.  That way, one would only need to know
>the local IP address of the server, which is unlikely to change.
> 
>Any other ideas?
>
>Brett Barabash
>Lead Software Developer
>Tappe Construction, Co.
>Eagan, MN
>
>Email: bbarabash at tappeconstruction.com
>Phone: (651) 256-6831
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