Hi Steve,

My requirements are strictly to use command line. Crazy? Maybe. I have to
say I have seen this topic all over blogs. Seems like there is always a
way, you just have to figure out how....


On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 5:43 PM, Steven Ogilvie <steven.ogil...@titus.com>wrote:

> Hmm... I commented out my custom action that sets the property:
> <!--<CustomAction Id="CA_WebAppPoolPassword.SetProperty" HideTarget="yes"
> Property="CA_WebAppPoolPassword."
> Value="WEBAPPPOOL_PASSWORD=[WEBAPPPOOL_PASSWORD]"/>-->
>
> And ran the install, everything worked and my Web App Pool + Web site
> launched without errors (would have failed if I didn't have a password for
> the Web App Pool)
>
> However I do publish the property during the UI:
> <Publish Property="WEBAPPPOOL_PASSWORD" Value="[WEBAPPPOOL_PASSWORD]"
> Order="9">1</Publish> (my web site info dialog page during install)
>
> I checked my MSI log file and there wasn't any viewable strings for the
> WebAppPool_Password it was all: WEBAPPPOOL_PASSWORD property. Its value is
> '**********'
>
> Publish your password within the UI area and see if that works... (also
> commenting out your custom action to set the property
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeremiahf [mailto:jeremi...@gmail.com]
> Sent: May-02-13 6:29 PM
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Hide/blank out Passwords in MSI log file
>
> Sure thing...
>
> Action start 17:26:56: CA_DBAction.
> Action ended 17:26:56: CA_DBAction. Return value 1.
> Action start 17:26:56: InstallFinalize.
> SFXCA: Extracting custom action to temporary directory:
> C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI1045.tmp-\
> SFXCA: Binding to CLR version v2.0.50727 Calling custom action
> DatabaseCA!DatabaseCA.CustomActions.DatabaseCA
> Begin DatabaseCA
> Connecton String: Data Source=source;Packet
> Size=4096;Uid=sqluser;Pwd=mypassword
>
> I as well have a custom action and HideTarget does nothing.
>
>
> On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 4:53 PM, Chad Petersen
> <chad.peter...@harlandfs.com>wrote:
>
> > If possible paste in a snippet of your log file around where the
> > password is seen. I tried for a long time to hide passwords using the
> same method.
> > But it was some built-in custom actions that were logging my passwords
> > rather than code I'd written myself.
> >
> > <Property Id="ConfigureIIsExec" Hidden="yes"/> <Property
> > Id="ExecuteSqlStrings" Hidden="yes"/>
> >
> > These were two entries that I made to make those extensions hide the
> > data passed to them, such as my password.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeremiahf [mailto:jeremi...@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 2:38 PM
> > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Hide/blank out Passwords in MSI log file
> >
> > I have tried that and no luck. My MSI is installed via command line.
> >
> > I've even tried to give the property Id a value in case I missed
> > something and still doesn't work.
> >
> > <Property Id="PASSWORD" Value="password" Hidden="yes" Secure="yes" />
> >
> > My test system is running Server 2003 R2 SP 2 windows installer
> > version
> > 4.5 6001.22159
> >
> > I've upgraded from WIX 3.6 TO 3.7 in case it was a bug as I have found
> > in hundreds of blogs online but every time I see that a fix was
> > submitted, I can't tell what version it was submitted in. (sorry for
> > the run on
> > sentence.)
> >
> > J
> >
> >
> > On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 4:24 PM, Steven Ogilvie
> > <steven.ogil...@titus.com
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > I declare the property:
> > > <Property Id="WEBAPPPOOL_PASSWORD" Hidden="yes" Secure="yes"/> This
> > > is how I use my password controls:
> > > <Control Id="textBoxPassword" Type="Edit" Height="15" Width="177"
> X="180"
> > > Y="152" Property="WEBAPPPOOL_PASSWORD" Password="yes" TabSkip="no"
> > > />
> > >
> > > Logfile:
> > > MSI (c) (70:1C) [14:50:59:778]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding
> > > WEBAPPPOOL_PASSWORD property. Its value is '**********'
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jeremiahf [mailto:jeremi...@gmail.com]
> > > Sent: May-02-13 5:08 PM
> > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> > > Subject: [WiX-users] Hide/blank out Passwords in MSI log file
> > >
> > > Has anyone had luck with this?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I have tried using Hidden, HideTarget  and I still see the password
> > > in my logs. Is this still a bug in windows installer?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > >
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