Key questions about this property
The answers below summarize the purpose, scope, default effect, and review scenarios for this property.
| What does it do? |
When dot-walk access to a protected table is blocked, this property determines whether the informational log message includes a full stack trace. |
| What area does it affect? |
Dot-walk scoping security logs |
| What does the default mean? |
The default value is "true", which means this behavior is enabled by default. |
| When should you review it? |
Review when changing the diagnostic detail recorded for blocked dot-walk access. |
Property record
Facts stated in the ServiceNow documentation. No out of the box record has been read from an instance yet.
| Property name |
glide.script.dot_walk.log_stack_trace_when_blocked |
| Type |
boolean |
| Application |
Not stated |
| Default value |
true |
| Description |
When conditions prevent access to a protected table, a brief info message is displayed in the following format: "An attempt to dot-walk to table {0} present in {1} scope from {2} scope..." where appropriate values for {0}, {1}, and {2} are inserted.When this property is set to true, a full stack trace is included with the log message. When this property is set to false, no stack trace is included with the log message. See KB2793170: Dot-Walk Scoping Security Enhancement for more information. |
Sources
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... default value all to save all Glide script logs to the database. • Type: string • Default value: all • Location: Add the property to the System Property [sys_properties] table. glide.script.dot_walk.log_stack_trace_when_blocked When conditions prevent access to a protected table, a brief info message is displayed in the following format: "An attempt to dot-walk to table {0} present in {1} scope from ...
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