File Upload Settings

You can use the Geo SCADA Expert Server Configuration Tool to associate the file uploads feature with a Microsoft Windows user account. The network sharing settings for the Windows user account determine which areas of a network can be accessed for uploading files such as reports.

You can associate the file uploads feature with any Microsoft Windows user account that has the 'Log on as a Service' security privilege. However, the user account that you select has to have access to the files that are to be uploaded (by any driver on the server).

Using another user account in this way enables the Geo SCADA Expert server to access network resources to which it would otherwise not have access. The process of logging on under a different Windows user account is known as 'user impersonation'. For more information about how Geo SCADA Expert uses user impersonation, see User Impersonation for Accessing Network Resources.

For more information on the Windows user account settings, please refer to your Microsoft Windows documentation.

To associate the file uploads feature with a Windows user account:

1. Access the Geo SCADA Expert Server Configuration Tool (see Accessing the Geo SCADA Expert Server Configuration Tool).
2. Expand the System Configuration branch.
3. Select the File Upload branch.

4. 

   1. In the Username field, enter the user name for the Microsoft Windows user account that will be used to provide network access for uploading files.
   2. In the Password field, enter the password for the Microsoft Windows user account.
   3. In the Domain field, enter the name of the domain with which the Windows user name is associated. Leave this field blank if the user account is local.

      NOTE: Geo SCADA Expert stores username and password information in the registry for use with features such as e-mail, alarm redirection, and system commands. Such information is encrypted using machine details to prevent the encrypted data from being imported onto other machines. Encrypted registry data is intended only to be decrypted by the server that encrypted the data. If you load backup registry files that include encrypted data onto a different server, you will have to re-enter the user data. This is also true if Windows® is re-installed on the machine on which the data was encrypted.

   4. Right-click on the system icon in the tree-structure, and select the Apply Changes option to apply the changes on the Geo SCADA Expert server.
   5. Restart the Geo SCADA Expert Server.
      The Geo SCADA Expert Server can now access the files that are associated with the defined Windows user account.

When you have defined the File Uploads settings, you can proceed with the server configuration. If you are unfamiliar with the server configuration process, we recommend that you proceed to learn about the Locations of the Database Folders.