Yan Sklyarenko wrote: > Hello WiX community, > > This is a pure MSI question. > I'd like to insert a row into the Directory table, which corresponds to > the root of disk drive, for instance, D:\. But, neither "D:\", nor "D:" > works in DefaultDir column... > > Is this at all possible? If so, then how? > > I need this because my application requires certain security rights to > be set for all ancestors of the installation directory up to the disk > drive root inclusive. And I wish to use SecureObjects for this, > populating necessary information with a custom action.
That's probably not a good idea! What about if the application is installed on a remote server? What about if the D:\ is a mapping of a remote directory? What about if the installation directory is a mount point of a different drive so "parent" drive is not installation drive? I have no problems with applications setting special permissions for their own directory. It is not uncommon for something like a database service. But you generally do not want to ever change permissions of parent paths from the installation directory. I would argue the application needs revision because as-is, it's broken. - Adam ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
