Olaf and Jernej, I had similar questions when Garrett explained it to me. I was dumbfounded for at least 15 minutes at the boneheaded-ness of the the Windows Installer team's decision on this issue. I still have no clue what the heck the people on the Windows Installer team were thinking. Their decision, as Conan mentioned, is probably less safe than if Windows Installer handled it.
Eric 2011/7/25 Conan Kudo (ニール・ゴンパ) <[email protected]> > Well, if we *must* have a service to handle symlinks, I'd like to request > some sort of log that records where the symlinks are and what they point to. > > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Tim Rogers <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Unfortunately, as much as we may all agree (or not, I shouldn't rule that >> out) that this is not really the "right way" for Windows Installer to work, >> we still have to deal with the fact that this is how it works right now and >> we should not expect it to change for the foreseeable future. >> >> That being said: Look! We get to include a shiny new service for the >> project! >> >> -Tim >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: >> coapp-developers-bounces+tiroger=microsoft....@lists.launchpad.net[mailto: >> coapp-developers-bounces+tiroger=microsoft....@lists.launchpad.net] On >> Behalf Of Garrett Serack >> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 2:15 PM >> To: Jernej Simončič; Garrett Serack on [coapp-developers] >> Subject: Re: [Coapp-developers] Changes to the design of CoApp >> >> *cough* *mumble* *cough* >> >> Look at that, it's the Goodyear Blimp! >> >> <ducks behind a rock somewhere> >> >> I don't disagree with your statement. >> >> G >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: >> coapp-developers-bounces+garretts=microsoft....@lists.launchpad.net[mailto: >> coapp-developers-bounces+garretts=microsoft....@lists.launchpad.net] On >> Behalf Of Jernej Simoncic >> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 2:06 PM >> To: Garrett Serack on [coapp-developers] >> Subject: Re: [Coapp-developers] Changes to the design of CoApp >> >> On Monday, July 25, 2011, 22:53:46, Garrett Serack wrote: >> >> > They restricted a lot of the privileges that are available to >> > LOCALSYSTEM as a security precaution.... and no, they ain't gonna fix >> > that (their response is, if you need to do that, write a service). >> >> Which of course brings the question, what kind of added security is this, >> if you can work around the limitation by using a custom service... >> >> -- >> < Jernej Simončič ><><><><>< http://eternallybored.org/ > >> >> All things considered, life is 9-to-5 against. >> -- Nick the Greek's Law >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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