Thanks Rob! Worked - password gets replaced with asterisks...
ks On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Rob Mensching <r...@firegiant.com> wrote: > Mark the Variable and Property both Hidden and they should not be logged. > > _______________________________________________________________ > FireGiant | Dedicated support for the WiX toolset | > http://www.firegiant.com/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Spence [mailto:kspe...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 2:04 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Passing securing information from the bootstrapper to > an MSI bundle without logging > > Hi all, > > I'm sure this has come up in the past, but I can't seem to find any info > that tackles this scenario. > > How do you pass secure information from the bootstrapper to the MSI bundle > without it being logged? > > I've seen the articles for burn hidden variables and msi hidden > properties, but nothing that passes values from one to the other without > being logged. > > The msi package installs and configures a windows service. The service > must run using a windows user account. Atm, the account credentials are > being passed to the msi through the command line (which is logged). > > The one approach I can think of is to reconfigure the service after the > msi has been installed (I don't know if that would affect the uninstall). > > Is there a better approach? > > Thanks, > Kevin > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is > the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. Written > by three acclaimed leaders in the field, this first edition is now > available. Download your free book today! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/13534_NeoTech > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book > "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their > applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, > this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/13534_NeoTech > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/13534_NeoTech _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
