To be a bit more precise about the problem: The issue is that a new user has
to be created, and then access rights assigned to it. If the user already
existed, it would be ok, but WiX does folder creation before it does user
creation. The problem was alluded to here:
http://tinyurl.com/3b64jt
Steve
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Bennett
Sent: Friday, 16 February 2007 11:44 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Changing user permissions to a directory
Hi all,
Short question: What's the best way to set directory access permissions
for a specific user at install time?
Long question: I'd like to update a pretty old (2-3 years? - before my
time) WiX installer which assigns access rights to a specific user for a
specific directory. Apparently, at the time this was written, developers
were advised to use SUBINACL to achieve this, but at the time, SUBINACL was
not compatible with XP SP2 and didn't work. So we ended up writing a custom
action .dll to update the permissions. Question is: Have things changed? Is
there a better way of doing this in WiX v2 (or even v3)? Would CACLS do the
job?
Thanks very much for any responses,
Steve
Steve Bennett
[POWERflex Corporation ]
[Tel: +61-3-9548-9006 Fax: +61-3-9548-9003]
[Email: spb @ pfxcorp.com Web: www.pfxcorp.com]
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