I believe the process will execute at the credentials given (the ones with admin credentials). In this case we are talking about an installer. The installer needs admin privileges so a standard user cannot execute it. It doesn't make sense to automatically start anything on behalf of the user (at least to me).
Edwin G. Castro Software Developer - Staff Electronic Banking Services Fiserv Office: 503-746-0643 Fax: 503-617-0291 www.fiserv.com Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > -----Original Message----- > From: i...@roadrunner.com [mailto:i...@roadrunner.com] > Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 6:46 PM > To: Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro) > Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Can this be done with WiX? > > > I think you are confusing privileges with accounts. I can be logged > on my machine as UserX. When I run the installer (bootstrapper/what- > have-you) it will execute as UserX. Any processes that the installer > launches can be made to impersonate UserX. If the installer needs admin > privileges (say to install files in ProgramFiles and create registry > keys in HKLM:\SOFTWARE\What-Have-You) then we need to author the > installer to be per-machine. That will make the Windows Installer > engine elevate *at the right time* so the system can be appropriately > modified. If UserX does NOT have admin privileges (is not part of the > Administrators group) then Windows Installer will prompt for > credentials for a user that does have admin privileges (again, at the > right time). If UserX DOES have admin privileges (is part of the > Administrators group) then Windows Installer will prompt for elevation > at the right time (without asking for credentials) because all users > run in least privilege mode by default. The key to all of this is that > we can ignore admin privileges when you are trying to answer the > question of whether you can launch a process as UserX. The answer to > that question is yes. If UserX happens to have admin privileges then > that's great but irrelevant for the question at hand. > > I am looking specifically at the case when UserX is a standard user. > When UserX does something that requires elevation (let's say runs > programA that needs to mess with ProgramFiles), then he will be > prompted for admin credentials (let's say userAdmin/password1234). Will > then programA run as userX (but somehow elevated), or as userAdmin? In > other words, what will be the value of APPDATA for example? > C:\Users\UserX\AppData or C:\Users\UserAdmin\AppData? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
