Yan, Take a look at the mailing list posts from and related to Cody Cutrer's enhancements to PermissionEx. I will also build a patch from my latest efforts and attach it to issue tracker item 2612975.
Thanks, Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Feature request: extending PermissionEx element with inheritance option From: Yan Sklyarenko <y...@sitecore.net> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Date: 2/18/2009 9:23 AM > I failed to find the one you're talking about, thus created a new one: > 2612975 > Thank you. > > -- Yan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@wixtoolset.org] > Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 6:53 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Feature request: extending PermissionEx element > with inheritance option > > I think this feature request is already open. If not, it has been asked > before and someone forgot to open the request. > > Yan Sklyarenko wrote: > >> Hello WiX developers, >> >> I'm going to file a feature request and would like to verify if it's >> worth registering. >> >> The actual custom action, which PermissionEx element results in, >> > called > >> ExecSecureObjects considers SUB_CONTAINERS_AND_OBJECTS_INHERIT option >> the best for folders and NO_INHERITANCE for everything else. >> I think it would be nice to extend PermissionEx element with extra >> attribute, Inherit, resulting in an extra column in SecureObjects >> > table. > >> Of course, this should make sense for CreateFolder and Registry >> > entities > >> only. And instead of hard coding the inheritance options, the >> ExecSecureObjects action will read it from CustomActionData. >> >> The reason I consider it helpful is when applying permissions to >> existent folder with lots of files and subfolders, this takes time. >> Especially if there's no recursion required... >> >> Are there any pitfalls in this extension? >> If not, what are the chances for it to be implemented soon? :-) >> >> (I know I always have a fallback option to implement it myself :-)) >> >> Thank you. >> >> -- Yan >> >> >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ > >> Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San >> > Francisco, CA > >> -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the >> > Enterprise > >> -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source >> > participation > >> -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source >> > code: SFAD > >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H >> _______________________________________________ >> WiX-users mailing list >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San > Francisco, CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the > Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source > participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: > SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
