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Posted by Zian on May 15, 2007, 3:22 pm
Please log in for more thread options Well, you was right. :)
-Zian
"Lucvdv" wrote:
> wrote:
>
> > That's an interesting point. I'd always thought the service inherited the
> > security token from the notification area app.
>
> I'm not saying that's exactly how it is, I was just giving it my best
> guess. Sorry if I made the impression that I'm an expert on the field ;)
>
>
> But if it worked differently (i.e. using the credentials of the logged on
> user), that would practically mean the indexer has to stop indexing when
> you log off - right when it's the best time to do some work because the
> system is almost guaranteed to be idle, just sitting there waiting for a
> new logon.
>
> Running under the local system account, the indexer hass full access to all
> local files except for encrypted ones, so it can keep indexing all the
> time.
>
> And as I said, indexing encrypted files poses a security risk.
>
>
> There is something else however, that points towards using the user's
> credentials as well: you can add UNC paths to network resources, but the
> local system account can't access those (it can if you're in a domain and
> the computer account has access, but never in a workgroup configuration).
>
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