Posted by noone on 10/23/96 11:38

Boris wrote:
> Has anyone ever managed to read a Windows registry key in a PHP webpage? I
> installed the PHP extension win32std and saved their sample script from
> http://wildphp.free.fr/wiki/doku.php?id=win32std:index#registry_access as a
> webpage. However when I open the webpage (PHP 5.1.2, Windows Server 2003,
> IIS 6) I get the error message "Warning: Can't open registry key: The
> operation completed successfully." Is registry access only possible in
> Windows executables?
>
> Boris
>
>


If anything other than the local running user is able to read the
registry, I would consider that a breach of security - BAD - VERY BAD
IDEA.

Another reason to ditch winbloze and go Linux for a desktop.

Michael Austin.

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