WebSphere 8 on Windows as Standard User

While I doubt this is supported usage, I had a goal of using MyEclipse Bling (MyEclipse Blue combined with MyEclipse for Spring), along with IBM WebSphere Application Server v8 on Windows 7 as a standard user.

Here's what I did:

• Install WebSphere 8 and MyEclipse Bling


• Grant users full control of the AppServer directory


• Create a WebSphere profile however you prefer


• Open the command prompt as an admin to create a service for the profile


• 'cd' to your WAS home bin (e.x. cd C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\bin)


• WASService.exe -add AppSrv01 -serverName server1 -profilePath C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\AppSrv01 -startType manual (replace AppSrv01 and the profile path with yours of course)


• Download SetACL


• Open Services, right click your WAS service and click properties. In Path to executable copy the actual name of the service (e.x. "IBMWAS80Service - AppSrv01")


• In the command prompt: SetACL.exe -on "IBMWAS80Service - AppSrv01" -ot srv -actn ace -ace "n:S-1-1-0;p:full;s:y;i:np;m:grant;w:dacl"

The n: part you define the SID of the user you want to grant access. S-1-1-0 is the SID for everyone.

At this point, WAS starts just fine when a standard user starts it via services management, however by using WASService -start (which MyEclipse Blue uses) it still does not work. Update soon when I figure it out.