You have to keep it yourself. I like using the registry in this case but you are right, you need to encrypt the password. DAPI is a pretty good way to do that. Used to have a CustomAction that would encrypt any given property... don't know what happened to that code.
Fiorillo Nicola wrote: > Thank you Rob for you answer. > Yes, it makes sense that these properties are lost after installation. In the > MSI log made during update there are no signs about them. It is reasonable. > In this case should I keep these info by myself? E.g. in the registry? > Should I keep user/password in some way? Honestly I'm not convinced for a lot > of "security" reasons... > By the way, account information are not removed from the system: during > upgrade, it substitutes the executable but user/pwd info are still in the > service configuration (I can see them in the Services list). > I supposed that during upgrade only executable should be updated, > nevertheless service is not "uninstalled" but only stopped. > > Yes, it seems that the service is "uninstalled" but still "visible" in > services list for some reasons I'm ignoring. > Some checks should I do in the log? > > Thank you, > Nic > > --- > On Fri, 6/12/09, Rob Mensching <r...@wixtoolset.org> wrote: > > >> From: Rob Mensching <r...@wixtoolset.org> >> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Windows service and minor upgrade. >> To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." >> <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> >> Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 6:36 PM >> It looks like your repair/minor >> upgrade is replacing the good values >> with blanks. Which makes sense. The verbose log file should >> show you the >> value for those properties. If you don't remember them >> they'll be lost. >> >> Fiorillo Nicola wrote: >> >>> Dear all, >>> In my wix configuration file I install a windows >>> >> service given account information through the GUI and >> filling some properties (SERVICE_DOMAIN, SERVICE_USERNAME, >> and SERVICE_PASSWORD). Here the snippet: >> >>> <Component Id="InstallService" >>> >> Guid="963a08e5-73dd-4607-c705-2036c4124eab"> >> >>> <File Id="Abba.exe" >>> >> Source="$(var.PATH)/Abba.exe" >> KeyPath="yes"></File> >> >>> <ServiceInstall >>> Id="Abba" >>> Type="ownProcess" >>> Vital="yes" >>> Name="Abba" >>> DisplayName="Abba" >>> Description="Abba Service" >>> Start="auto" >>> >>> >> Account="[SERVICE_DOMAIN]\[SERVICE_USERNAME]" >> >>> Password="[SERVICE_PASSWORD]" >>> ErrorControl="normal" >>> Interactive="no" /> >>> <ServiceControl >>> Id="Abba" >>> Name="Abba" >>> Remove="uninstall" >>> Start="install" >>> Stop="both" >>> Wait="yes" /> >>> </Component> >>> >>> It works fine for install and uninstall. >>> My problem is that when I have to update the package >>> >> (a minor upgrade with msiexec /i "Abba.msi" REINSTALL=ALL >> REINSTALLMODE=vomus) the service is stopped correctly, the >> service executable substituted but not restarted due to >> "incorrect privileges". >> >>> At that moment I can see that service is installed but >>> >> stopped (as I expected) and account info untouched but there >> are problem to restart it... (of course if I reinstall the >> new package from scratch, it works fine). >> >>> I supposed that my account properties are not kept but >>> >> service is not completely uninstalled so service account >> information are not lost. >> >>> MSI log created during upgrade says useless >>> >> information: >> >>> MSI (s) (90:5C) [18:08:45:732]: Executing op: >>> >> ServiceInstall(Name=Abba,DisplayName=Abba,ImagePath="C:\Program >> Files\Abba.exe",ServiceType=16,StartType=2,ErrorControl=32769,,,,StartName=\,Password=**********,Description=Abba >> Service) >> >>> MSI (s) (90:5C) [18:08:45:732]: Note: 1: 2205 2: >>> >> 3: Error >> >>> ... >>> >>> Can someone give me a tip on this, please? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Nic >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >>> 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 >>> >>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> 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 >> >> > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
