Hey all,
I'm very confused. I want to create a local user and set registry permissions for that user. Simple enough right? Here's a WIX project to illustrate (references wixutilextension): <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"; xmlns:util="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension"; > <Product Id="2b30244b-572f-4341-8c0d-5e18b3a243f3" Name="WixProject8" Language="1033" Version="1.0.0.0" Manufacturer="WixProject8" UpgradeCode="b969e67f-71fb-4bce-8081-b6e745f69826"> <Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" /> <Media Id="1" Cabinet="media1.cab" EmbedCab="yes" /> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder"> <Directory Id="INSTALLLOCATION" Name="WixProject8"> <Component Id="RegistryValues" Guid="{F6043CAA-C53E-4DB0-9586-A5A16C9B1B04}"> <util:User Id="User1" Name="ATestUserId" Domain="[ComputerName]" Password="abc$%#DEF123" CreateUser="yes" UpdateIfExists="yes" /> <RegistryKey Root="HKLM" Key="SOFTWARE\My Company Inc\ApplicationName" Action="createAndRemoveOnUninstall"> <Permission User="Authenticated Users" GenericRead="yes" Read="yes" GenericExecute="yes" /> <Permission User="Administrators" GenericAll="yes" /> <Permission User="ATestUserId" Domain="[ComputerName]" GenericAll="yes" /> <RegistryValue Name="StringValue1" Value="10" Type="string" /> </RegistryKey> </Component> </Directory> </Directory> </Directory> <Feature Id="ProductFeature" Title="WixProject8" Level="1"> <ComponentRef Id="RegistryValues" /> </Feature> </Product> </Wix> Pretty simple. create a user "ATestUserId" and make sure it has full control of the HKLM\SOFTWARE\My CompanyInc\ApplicationName registry key. Unfortunately when this runs I get an error "An error occurred while applying security settings. MyComputerName\ATestUserId is not a valid user or group. This could be a problem with the package, or a problem connecting to a domain controller on the network. Check your network connection and click Retry, or Cancel to end the installation." Here's a bit from a debug log: === Logging started: 6/10/2009 1:58:50 === Action 1:58:50: INSTALL. Action start 1:58:50: INSTALL. Action 1:58:50: ValidateProductID. Action start 1:58:50: ValidateProductID. Action ended 1:58:50: ValidateProductID. Return value 1. Action 1:58:50: CostInitialize. Computing space requirements Action start 1:58:50: CostInitialize. Action ended 1:58:50: CostInitialize. Return value 1. Action 1:58:50: FileCost. Computing space requirements Action start 1:58:50: FileCost. Action ended 1:58:50: FileCost. Return value 1. Action 1:58:50: CostFinalize. Computing space requirements Action start 1:58:50: CostFinalize. Action ended 1:58:50: CostFinalize. Return value 1. Action 1:58:50: ExecuteAction. Action start 1:58:50: ExecuteAction. Action start 1:58:50: INSTALL. Action start 1:58:50: ValidateProductID. Action ended 1:58:50: ValidateProductID. Return value 1. Action start 1:58:50: CostInitialize. Action ended 1:58:50: CostInitialize. Return value 1. Action start 1:58:50: FileCost. Action ended 1:58:50: FileCost. Return value 1. Action start 1:58:50: CostFinalize. Action ended 1:58:50: CostFinalize. Return value 1. Action start 1:58:50: InstallValidate. Action ended 1:58:50: InstallValidate. Return value 1. Action start 1:58:50: InstallInitialize. Action ended 1:58:50: InstallInitialize. Return value 1. Action start 1:58:50: ProcessComponents. Action ended 1:58:50: ProcessComponents. Return value 1. Action start 1:58:50: UnpublishFeatures. Action ended 1:58:50: UnpublishFeatures. Return value 1. Action start 1:58:50: RemoveRegistryValues. Action ended 1:58:50: RemoveRegistryValues. Return value 1. Action start 1:58:50: ConfigureUsers. Action start 1:58:53: CreateUserRollback. Action ended 1:58:53: CreateUserRollback. Return value 1. Action start 1:58:53: CreateUser. Action ended 1:58:53: CreateUser. Return value 1. Action ended 1:58:53: ConfigureUsers. Return value 1. Action start 1:58:53: InstallFiles. Action ended 1:58:53: InstallFiles. Return value 1. Action start 1:58:53: WriteRegistryValues. Error 1609. An error occurred while applying security settings. WIN2000SERVER1\ATestUserId is not a valid user or group. This could be a problem with the package, or a problem connecting to a domain controller on the network. Check your network connection and click Retry, or Cancel to end the install. Unable to locate the user's SID, system error 1332 MSI (s) (44:0C) [01:58:54:487]: Action ended 1:58:54: WriteRegistryValues. Return value 2. Action ended 1:58:54: INSTALL. Return value 2. What confuses me is that I can see CreateUser occurring at 1:58:53 and WriteRegistryValues a bit latter. When the error occurs if I bring up the list of local user/groups the new user definitely has not been created. So. any ideas where I'm going wrong? Thanks, Rob ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
