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Sep 25.2008

I am trying to read a registry entry. Our company puts a custom registry entry in HKEY_local_machineSOFTWARE<companyname>. In the entry is the physical location of the machine, Building 32, Room 26. But I cannot get the entry read. Here is my code:

<%@ page contentType=”text/html” %>
<%@ taglib prefix=”c” uri=”http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core %>

<%@ page import=”com.ice.jni.registry.Registry” %>
<%@ page import=”com.ice.jni.registry.RegistryKey” %>

<%
var WshShell = WScript.CreateObject (“WScript.Shell”);
var loc1 = WshShell.RegRead(“HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPOSD”);

This always errs out on the createobject line. I am running this from test.jsp

Richard

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@avitardotnetSep 26.2008 — reading the registry through a webpage is considered a violation of scripting security... the browser security is blocking it.
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@rrm2008authorSep 26.2008 — Can you set the browser security to accept the webpage reading the registry?
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@rrm2008authorSep 26.2008 — oh, also, our desktops do not have internet access, so 'opening' that kind of security breach would not be a problem.
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@avitardotnetSep 27.2008 — you may be able to hack the security settings, but by design even Microsoft realizes this is a security hole. If you need to set the registry settings on your own private network all you have to do is make a login script to do it, or you can use a xnet command if you have a local admin account on all the systems.

I don't reccomend hacking your browsers since any user will be able to default the settings and defeat your settings. Only thing I know of that might be able to violate this sort of security is using an exploit or some sort of applet.

You would be much better off just creating a service or some client app and loading it on all the machines.
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@rrm2008authorSep 27.2008 — Well, if the registry can't be read, why the command regRead?
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@avitardotnetOct 12.2008 — Commands like regRead are only intended for shell scripting through wsh or vbs run locally on the pc. By design they should not run via a web browser except via a security hole.
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