[News.eclipse.foundation] Re: Running Eclipse 3.0.1 under Windows XP

["Robin Putters" <robin.putters@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's incorrect, and I wouldn't suggest it either.

If the eclipse directory is hard-readonly, than it will create a directory 
%HOME%/.eclipse and write it's configuration/logfile there.

Works fine here, I suspect the original poster has another problem (since 
he's already logged in as root). Run eclipse with the -consoleLog parameter 
and post the results to the right newsgroup (not this one ;)).

"Zheng Can" <iamzc@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
news:clloue$deu$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi François
>
> In fact, Eclipse wants to write some logs to installation path, such as
> "c:\eclipse".
> But driver c is read-only for non-root users under Windows XP.
> The writing operation was denied by system.
>
> You can try these solutions:
> 1. Move c:\eclipse to another driver, e.g. d:\eclipse.
> 2. Modify the security options of c:\eclipse; enable non-root users's
> writing operations.
>    Modify the security options of c:\eclipse\configuration is also ok.
>
> Good luck :)
>
>
> "François" <fm.colonna@xxxxxxx> ???? news:cklbll$jk9$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have installed Eclipse 3.0.1, JDK 1.4.2-05, as root, under windows XP
>> pro.
>> This installation has to be used by students who are not logged as root.
>> The launch of Eclipse fails: "can't write log file XXXXX.log"
>> How can I correct this problem?
>> Does Eclipse can be runned under windows without being root ?
>>
>> Thanks for your answers.
>>
>>     FM
>>
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