If you look at the code for the "ExecSecureObjects" custom action you can see that it uses "AclGetWellKnownSid" (which in turn calls the Windows API AllocateAndInitializeSid) to look up the " NetworkService" SID. Is this not what you want?
Chris -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neil Sleightholm Sent: 28 August 2008 10:55 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] PermissionEx and WixQueryOsWellKnownSID properties Thanks for the tip but the problem is that I think these usernames get localised on Windows so you need to use the well known sid or lookup the name from the well known sid, therefore, I need to use WixQueryOsWellKnownSID properties. We have been caught out be this and the only place I can find any documentation on it is here: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSR/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=685354&SiteID=37. It doesn't say that "NetworkService" wouldn't work but I am cautious of using it until I can be sure it will always work. Neil Neil Sleightholm X2 Systems Limited [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Chris Walford Sent: Thu 28/08/2008 08:33 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] PermissionEx and WixQueryOsWellKnownSID properties See http://photomaton23.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!65F164AE43CB69AB!144.entry for how I did a similar thing with the "Authenticated Users" group Chris -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neil Sleightholm Sent: 28 August 2008 07:52 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] PermissionEx and WixQueryOsWellKnownSID properties I didn't but will later but as I said in my post I need something that is not localised in international variants of Windows and I think NetworkService changes. Neil Neil Sleightholm X2 Systems Limited [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Rob Mensching Sent: Thu 28/08/2008 00:07 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] PermissionEx and WixQueryOsWellKnownSID properties Did you try "NetworkService"? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neil Sleightholm Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 15:26 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] PermissionEx and WixQueryOsWellKnownSID properties I am trying to change the permissions on a registry key like so: <RegistryKey Id="RegCommon" Root="HKLM" Key="SOFTWARE\ACME\Common" Action="create"> <util:PermissionEx GenericAll="yes" User="[WIX_ACCOUNT_NETWORKSERVICE]" /> </RegistryKey> But when I run it I get this error in the log: ExecSecureObjects: Error 0x800706fd: failed to get sid for account: NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE Action ended 23:15:46: InstallFinalize. Return value 3. Is it possible to use the WixQueryOsWellKnownSID properties with PermissionEx? Alternatively can I specify a SID (e.g. S-1-5-20) for the value of PermissionEx/@User? (I can't hardcode the network service account name as it changes on international versions of Windows.) 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