Re: [WiX-users] DTF managed custom action - temporary file
Hmm, off the top of my head that sounds like you'll expose a security vulnerability doing that. Unelevated data being passed to elevated process. You'll also want to pass a hash or something to verify the file is the correct file on the elevated (deferred) side. -Original Message- From: Jens Teutenberg [mailto:jens.teutenb...@t-online.de] Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 10:48 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] DTF managed custom action - temporary file I want to use a temporary file to transfer data between my immediate custom action and my deferred custom action (Impersonate="no"). I use the method “Path.GetTempFileName()” to create a unique file in the immediate CA. The file will be created but the deferred CA cannot see this file. Where I have to place the file to get it working? Or is there another solution to transfer the content of a complete own table? -- Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349351&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349351&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] DTF managed custom action - temporary file
That is certainly a reasonably good way to transfer structured data. I believe the concern was one of space, but if you compressed the json (which already has a low overhead and compresses well with algorithms that are good with text) you may fit the entire table into the CustomActionData property were it is safe. -Blair > From: chr...@iswix.com > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 11:17:05 -0800 > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] DTF managed custom action - temporary file > > > > Here's another approach to consider: > > http://blog.iswix.com/2011/10/beam-me-up-using-json-to-serialize.html > -- Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349351&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] DTF managed custom action - temporary file
You could also put the actual path into the CustomActionData. Realize that anything that the nonelevated immediate action has write access to isn't secure and could be tampered with before the elevated deferred access can access it. -Blair > Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 11:06:00 -0800 > From: phildgwil...@gmail.com > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] DTF managed custom action - temporary file > > If the users are different so is the temp location. The immediate CA gets > the user's temp path, the system account (no impersonation) uses the > system's temp path. As long as you create the file where both have access, > perhaps you could put the actual path to it in the registry. > > Phil Wilson > > > On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Jens Teutenberg < > jens.teutenb...@t-online.de> wrote: > > > I want to use a temporary file to transfer data between my immediate > > custom action and my deferred custom action (Impersonate="no"). I use the > > method “Path.GetTempFileName()” to create a unique file in the immediate > > CA. The file will be created but the deferred CA cannot see this file. > > > > Where I have to place the file to get it working? > > Or is there another solution to transfer the content of a complete own > > table? > > > > -- > > Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT > > organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance > > affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your > > Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics > > Pro! > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349351&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > > ___ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > -- > Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT > organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance > affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your > Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349351&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > ___ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349351&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] DTF managed custom action - temporary file
Here's another approach to consider: http://blog.iswix.com/2011/10/beam-me-up-using-json-to-serialize.html From: "Jens Teutenberg" Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 12:54 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] DTF managed custom action - temporary file I want to use a temporary file to transfer data between my immediate custom action and my deferred custom action (Impersonate="no"). I use the method "Path.GetTempFileName()" to create a unique file in the immediate CA. The file will be created but the deferred CA cannot see this file. Where I have to place the file to get it working? Or is there another solution to transfer the content of a complete own table? -- Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349351&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.n et/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349351&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] DTF managed custom action - temporary file
If the users are different so is the temp location. The immediate CA gets the user's temp path, the system account (no impersonation) uses the system's temp path. As long as you create the file where both have access, perhaps you could put the actual path to it in the registry. Phil Wilson On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Jens Teutenberg < jens.teutenb...@t-online.de> wrote: > I want to use a temporary file to transfer data between my immediate > custom action and my deferred custom action (Impersonate="no"). I use the > method “Path.GetTempFileName()” to create a unique file in the immediate > CA. The file will be created but the deferred CA cannot see this file. > > Where I have to place the file to get it working? > Or is there another solution to transfer the content of a complete own > table? > > -- > Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT > organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance > affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your > Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics > Pro! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349351&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > ___ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349351&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] DTF managed custom action - temporary file
I want to use a temporary file to transfer data between my immediate custom action and my deferred custom action (Impersonate="no"). I use the method “Path.GetTempFileName()” to create a unique file in the immediate CA. The file will be created but the deferred CA cannot see this file. Where I have to place the file to get it working? Or is there another solution to transfer the content of a complete own table? -- Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349351&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
