topic Re: File System Monitoring Extension - Windows Permissions in Extensions

Windows Permissions for file system monitoring extension

DanielS — Fri, 10 May 2024 13:48:23 GMT

Hello Community!!!

I've set up the file system monitoring extension on Windows and can't find the correct permission to assign. The extension is working, but if I leave an Everyone Full Control permission on the destination folder, the extension can see the file count, for example. (I tried with other metrics and same thing happens) but if we use SYSTEM permission it didn't work it just returns 0.

I can't leave everyone full control in folders. Does anyone know what the correct permission is to give and leave the extension running?

Thanks,

Re: File System Monitoring Extension - Windows Permissions

DanielS — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 21:10:17 GMT

I can confirm that the user running both processes is SYSTEM.

So If SYSTEM has full control is very odd that with the given permissions the Extension cannot see the files.

Re: File System Monitoring Extension - Windows Permissions

Mike_L — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 21:51:28 GMT

Python extensions in extension framework 2.0 runs as LocalService so please make sure that that user has access.

The System user you see is for the process which spawns the extensions runtime seeing as some data sources, such as WMI, needs to run as LocalSystem.