Re: [WiX-users] CA with elevated privileges under Vista!
I suspect you're misunderstanding something, assuming I understand your point 4. Neither AdminUser nor Privileged will cause your CA to run elevated. They're typically used as LaunchConditions, and they also happen to be unreliable in Vista in the UI sequence. To get your CA to run elevated in the UI sequence you need to launch it with elevated privilege, and an elevated bootstrapper can do that, and that in turn requires an administrator account to do the launching. Bottom line, you must supply an admin account somewhere. At the risk of stating the obvious, this is not a scenario in which a standard user can cause elevated code to run during an install. Phil Wilson From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 9:51 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] CA with elevated privileges under Vista! Phil, Thanx for your response. 1. Yes, early in the installation process does mean in the UI sequence...I know that this is not a recommended way to execute elevated CAs but I have a task that must be done prior to displaying a custom dialog that requires it. 2. I stuffed the manifest into the dll to ensure that all of my bases were covered...I haven't done a lot of work with them in the past and I figured that what you said would be true but just wanted to make sure I hadn't missed it if it was needed. 3. The setup.exe is asking for an Admin password if I am running the install as a Standard user...and it is asking for the OK to go ahead and run if I am logged on as an Admin user. 4. I've tried using both AdminUser and Privileged properties and neither of them causes the CA to run as admin! Any other thoughts on how I can get this CA to run as an Administrator? Thanx Chuck A couple or four things:=20 1) Does early in the installation process mean in the UI sequence?=20 2) Manifests target executables, not Dlls - they run with the level of the exe that loads them.=20 3) If the setup.exe isn't asking for elevation via Cancel/Allow but is asking for an admin account, then it means you're not an administrator but you need to be. Someone has to provide admin credentials, either you elevated to admin or somebody over the shoulder on your behalf.=20 4) AdminUser is unreliable under Vista. =20 =20 http://blogs.msdn.com/rflaming/archive/2006/09/21/uac-in-msi-notes-the-a dminuser-mistake.aspx =20 Phil Wilson=20 Chuck wrote: I have the following situation: I am creating an MSI in which I need to run a CA early in the installation process, the DA is in a C dll. The CA Requires Admin access under Vista. I am wrapping the msi in a setup.exe boot strapper that has a manifest with requestedExecutionLevel level=requireAdministrator. In my WIX project I have a condition for AdminUser and in the package I have InstallPrivileges set to elevated. The dll has requireAdministrator in its manifest. The problem that I'm having is that the code that I'm executing in my CA fails to execute correctly. I extracted the code and compiled it into an exe with the same manifest as above. When I run the exe the code completes correctly! In both cases I am getting prompted for an Admin password...which would lead one to think that the installer is running as an Admin user...but the CA fails. Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanx Chuck -- Chuck Hatt Magic Kite Software Ltd http://www.magickite.com Makers of Sourcerer: managing the risks in your software development. Phone: 250.383.8175 Cell:250.889.0119 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] CA with elevated privileges under Vista!
Phil, Thanx for your response. 1. Yes, "early in the installation process" does mean in the UI sequence...I know that this is not a recommended way to execute elevated CAs but I have a task that must be done prior to displaying a custom dialog that requires it. 2. I stuffed the manifest into the dll to ensure that all of my bases were covered...I haven't done a lot of work with them in the past and I figured that what you said would be true but just wanted to make sure I hadn't missed it if it was needed. 3. The setup.exe is asking for an Admin password if I am running the install as a "Standard" user...and it is asking for the OK to go ahead and run if I am logged on as an Admin user. 4. I've tried using both AdminUser and Privileged properties and neither of them causes the CA to run as admin! Any other thoughts on how I can get this CA to run as an Administrator? Thanx Chuck A couple or four things:=20 1) Does "early in the installation process" mean in the UI sequence?=20 2) Manifests target executables, not Dlls - they run with the level of the exe that loads them.=20 3) If the setup.exe isn't asking for elevation via Cancel/Allow but is asking for an admin account, then it means you're not an administrator but you need to be. Someone has to provide admin credentials, either you elevated to admin or somebody "over the shoulder" on your behalf.=20 4) AdminUser is unreliable under Vista. =20 =20 http://blogs.msdn.com/rflaming/archive/2006/09/21/uac-in-msi-notes-the-a dminuser-mistake.aspx =20 Phil Wilson=20 Chuck wrote: I have the following situation: I am creating an MSI in which I need to run a CA early in the installation process, the DA is in a C dll. The CA "Requires" Admin access under Vista. I am wrapping the msi in a setup.exe boot strapper that has a manifest with requestedExecutionLevel level="requireAdministrator". In my WIX project I have a condition for AdminUser and in the package I have InstallPrivileges set to elevated. The dll has requireAdministrator in its manifest. The problem that I'm having is that the code that I'm executing in my CA fails to execute correctly. I extracted the code and compiled it into an exe with the same manifest as above. When I run the exe the code completes correctly! In both cases I am getting prompted for an Admin password...which would lead one to think that the installer is running as an Admin user...but the CA fails. Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanx Chuck -- Chuck Hatt Magic Kite Software Ltd Makers of Sourcerer: managing the risks in your software development. Phone: 250.383.8175 Cell: 250.889.0119 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] CA with elevated privileges under Vista!
I have the following situation: I am creating an MSI in which I need to run a CA early in the installation process, the DA is in a C dll. The CA Requires Admin access under Vista. I am wrapping the msi in a setup.exe boot strapper that has a manifest with requestedExecutionLevel level=requireAdministrator. In my WIX project I have a condition for AdminUser and in the package I have InstallPrivileges set to elevated. The dll has requireAdministrator in its manifest. The problem that I'm having is that the code that I'm executing in my CA fails to execute correctly. I extracted the code and compiled it into an exe with the same manifest as above. When I run the exe the code completes correctly! In both cases I am getting prompted for an Admin password...which would lead one to think that the installer is running as an Admin user...but the CA fails. Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanx Chuck - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] CA with elevated privileges under Vista!
A couple or four things: 1) Does early in the installation process mean in the UI sequence? 2) Manifests target executables, not Dlls - they run with the level of the exe that loads them. 3) If the setup.exe isn't asking for elevation via Cancel/Allow but is asking for an admin account, then it means you're not an administrator but you need to be. Someone has to provide admin credentials, either you elevated to admin or somebody over the shoulder on your behalf. 4) AdminUser is unreliable under Vista. http://blogs.msdn.com/rflaming/archive/2006/09/21/uac-in-msi-notes-the-a dminuser-mistake.aspx Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 4:12 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] CA with elevated privileges under Vista! I have the following situation: I am creating an MSI in which I need to run a CA early in the installation process, the DA is in a C dll. The CA Requires Admin access under Vista. I am wrapping the msi in a setup.exe boot strapper that has a manifest with requestedExecutionLevel level=requireAdministrator. In my WIX project I have a condition for AdminUser and in the package I have InstallPrivileges set to elevated. The dll has requireAdministrator in its manifest. The problem that I'm having is that the code that I'm executing in my CA fails to execute correctly. I extracted the code and compiled it into an exe with the same manifest as above. When I run the exe the code completes correctly! In both cases I am getting prompted for an Admin password...which would lead one to think that the installer is running as an Admin user...but the CA fails. Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanx Chuck - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDE V ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
