Update: Action fails under Vista, succeeds under Windows 7...
On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Stryder Crown <stryde...@gmail.com> wrote: > and as a follow up on this: > > Do all managed custom actions require elevation under Vista? I have one > defined as > <CustomAction Id="MyCA" > BinaryKey="CustomActions.dll" > DllEntry="MyExampleCA" > Execute="immediate" > Return="check" > HideTarget="no" > Impersonate="yes" /> > > And it does absolutely nada under vista with UAC turned on. > > On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Stryder Crown <stryde...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Getting all three to work together isn't...well, working. Hoping somebody >> might have a suggestion as to how this could work better... >> >> I've got a complete handle on the actual service installation and start up >> (and tear down) and can even have the user enter account information to run >> the service as via an install dialog. >> >> But, if the account information isn't correct, when the service is >> installed (and started) I get the 'insufficient privileges' dialog box with >> only 'retry' and 'cancel' buttons. The user has no opportunity (at that >> point) to re-enter the account information (user name and password). >> >> So, I thought I'd be clever and execute a custom action that uses >> SSPI/Logon to validate the users information at the installer dialog, before >> the service is installed. And this works too! Except under UAC conditions >> (Vista/windows 7). If I have UAC disabled, I have no problems. So, this >> means I have to elevate the custom action...but since we're talking UAC, I >> have to defer it to InstallInitialize/InstallFinalize...At which point >> there's no dialog entry available. And at that point, I can't even get a >> dialog going from the Custom Action (via winforms/WPF) from which I would've >> set the verified and set the Properties being used by the ServiceInstall >> element. >> >> So, any ideas? Did any of that make sense? Anybody else out there try to >> tackle User Authentication/Impersonation during an install? I'm about to >> see if I can't push the custom action back to the end of the installation >> process, and update the service at that point, but I'm not feeling too >> confident (or proud) of this sort of hackery. >> >> Stryder >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
