nukewarm
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MDAC 2.8 security problem using Data Access Pages.
I've created some web pages that display infomation about orders. The page and the database are hosted on a Windows 2000 server running IIS 5.0. When the page is loaded from a any computer you immediatley get error messages and you have to download Microsoft Office web components. After installing the Web Components the page is loaded and it displays an error suggesting you add the site to your trusted list in the Internet Options/Security Tab. After this is done then we get the message "This web site uses a data provider that may be unsafe. If you trust the website, click OK, otherwise click cancel". After many days searching the google I find that this is as good as it gets. The code that triggers this warning is hardwired into the MDAC 2.8 and above.
Is there a way to have the web page close the warning box? I realize that this may not be accepted on a security level of thinking, but this is an internal website developed in house and the only people getting on it are employees.
I'm thinking that the page will load and a script will start to loop. The only way out of the loop is for the window to lose focus (when the warning comes up). This event will trigger a Function that reads the message in the warning box and IF it matches the above warning text THEN close the window, ELSE do nothing.
Thanks for Your Help.
nukewarm
Is there a way to have the web page close the warning box? I realize that this may not be accepted on a security level of thinking, but this is an internal website developed in house and the only people getting on it are employees.
I'm thinking that the page will load and a script will start to loop. The only way out of the loop is for the window to lose focus (when the warning comes up). This event will trigger a Function that reads the message in the warning box and IF it matches the above warning text THEN close the window, ELSE do nothing.
Thanks for Your Help.
nukewarm
Oh, didn't read the whole question....ignore that....
Although, within your Trusted Sites zone, click Custom Level and check what the "Access data sources across domains" level is...
Regards,
Rob.
Regards,
Rob.
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What if there are thousands of computers with users of varying, mostly low, capabilities? Plus, this is all done in workgroups.
Oh, in a workgroup environment? If you were using a domain, I was going to say that this can be pushed out by Group Policy......perhaps in a workgroup you'd have to run a script to push this out....but it would probably have to modify the registry of each user....
But first, has it worked the way the you want in one computer (using a user account with normal priviliges)?
Regards,
Rob.
But first, has it worked the way the you want in one computer (using a user account with normal priviliges)?
Regards,
Rob.
ASKER
Your profile says you would know if there is a way to do this programmatikly. Is there? I'm thinking not. THere is probably to much red tape between a web page script and the M$ code.
ASKER
? I'm not sure about the privledged user idea. I created a DAPuseraccount on the webserver and all of the database files and the actual .htm access page are set to the correct privledges. For some reason I'm locked out of my own network at work. I'll first kick the IT guy in the knee and then give it a shot tomorrow.
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There should be a way to do it programatically....I'd have to check the relevante registry settings, but first we'd need a way to know what we've changed to get it to work.
Then, how do you normally go about deploying something to all users in your workgroup environment?
Regards,
Rob.
Then, how do you normally go about deploying something to all users in your workgroup environment?
Regards,
Rob.
Ha ha! Fair enough....hopefully when you get back in we can check some things.
Also, by the normal user, I meant just to the local workstation, because setting the security of the Trusted Sites zone has nothing to do with any one particular web page, and what it runs under....I think all I'm trying to do at the stage is get the control to work on the workstation.....
Regards,
Rob.
Also, by the normal user, I meant just to the local workstation, because setting the security of the Trusted Sites zone has nothing to do with any one particular web page, and what it runs under....I think all I'm trying to do at the stage is get the control to work on the workstation.....
Regards,
Rob.
ASKER
The workstation gets the same warning as all the other computers if I type in http://localhost/data_access_page.htm. Changing the Internet Explorer setting "Access Data Sources Across domains" to enable eliminates the warning on the workstation and the clients that I've tried it on. So that works I just have to roll it out.
OK, cool. So if the warning no longer appears with that setting enabled, you should be able to add this line to your login script that will change the required registry value:
REG ADD HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Wi
for a batch file, or for a VBS file
Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shel
objShell.Run "REG ADD HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Wi
and see if that sets the setting first. I would run that separately on a machine first, then add it to your login script.
Regards,
Rob.
REG ADD HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Wi
for a batch file, or for a VBS file
Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shel
objShell.Run "REG ADD HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Wi
and see if that sets the setting first. I would run that separately on a machine first, then add it to your login script.
Regards,
Rob.
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Regards,
Rob.