To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=46041 Issue #:|46041 Summary:|Published Installation with Active Directory Group |Policy fails with error message Component:|Installation Version:|OOo 2.0 Beta Platform:|PC URL:| OS/Version:|Windows XP Status:|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard:| Keywords:| Resolution:| Issue type:|DEFECT Priority:|P3 Subcomponent:|code Assigned to:|of Reported by:|jdmeijer
------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Mar 25 17:18:17 -0800 2005 ------- The Windows Installer service allows for automated software deployment with Active Directory Group Policy. In short: Software (MSI Packages) can be assigned (installed on reboot of a computer) of published (a non-administrative user can add the software him/herself via Add or Remove Programs from the Control Panel). More details on this can be found a.o. in the Office Deployment Guide from the Microsoft Office Resource Kit (http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/assistance/HA011402011033.aspx). If software is published to a user, and the user chooses to install the software (from Control Panel -> Add or Remove Programs -> Add New Programs -> Add Programs from your Network) the the user does not need administrative privileges to install the software. The Windows Installer service will in this case install the software with 'elevated privileges' (as if the user were an administrator). However the OOo 2.0 beta installer checks if the user has administrator permissions, and if not it will generate an error message: OpenOffice.org 1.9.79 Installerinformationen The Installation Wizard cannot be run properly because you are logged in as a user without sufficient administrator rights for this system. So the installation, which should run without problems, fails. This seriously hinders OOo deployment in our environment (and possibly a lot of others). The check for administrator permissions is either not adequate or it shouldn't be there in the first place. To reproduce the error you need to have a working Active Directory environment: 1) In Active Directory Users and Computers, create a Organizational Unit (for testing) 2) In this OU, create a test user 3) Unzip OOo and run msiexec /a openofficeorg1979.msi. Put the installation (Administrative Installation Point) on a share where the test user has read permissions. 4) Right-click the OU created in step 1 and open the properties. Activate the Group Policy tab. 5) Create a new group policy object and double click to modify the new policy object 6) Navigate to User Configuration -> Software Settings -> Software Installation, right click and Choose New Package... 7) Browse to the share from step 3 and double click the OOo MSI. 8) Choose Published and check that OOo apears in the list. 9) Close the Group Policy Editor 10) Log on to a workstation in the domain as the user created in step 2. 11) Open the Control Panel -> Add or Remove Programs -> Add New Programs. 12) Select OOo from the list of available software from the network and click 'Add' If the user is not an administrator, the error will appear. Please let me know if I can help any further. Thanks! Jeroen Meijer [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
