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Windows Service and the File System

Can a Windows service write to a file on the local file system? I was
using the Enterprise Library to log to a file and also to the
application log. The entries to the application log work correctly,
but the entries to a log file do not write. I cannot find the log file
it is supposed to be writing to.

Thanks

Nov 21 '05 #1
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If your service is running as "localsystem" it might be a problem of
insufficent rights
"Chris Dunaway" <du******@gmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Can a Windows service write to a file on the local file system? I was
using the Enterprise Library to log to a file and also to the
application log. The entries to the application log work correctly,
but the entries to a log file do not write. I cannot find the log file
it is supposed to be writing to.

Thanks

Nov 21 '05 #2
"Chris Dunaway" <du******@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:11**********************@o13g2000cwo.googlegr oups.com...
Can a Windows service write to a file on the local file system?
Yes.
I was using the Enterprise Library to log to a file


What it this? When I do logging like this, I just open a FileStream,
write data to it and close the stream again.

HTH,
Phill W.
Nov 21 '05 #3

Phill. W wrote:
I was using the Enterprise Library to log to a file


What it this? When I do logging like this, I just open a FileStream,


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Nov 21 '05 #4

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