Re: [WiX-users] Creating user in AD
Michael Osmond wrote: I am not familiar with the custom action, but do you know if it is impersonating the user running the install or as the local system account (which the MSI process uses). I suspect it is the later, in that case the custom action will work if the install is running on a domain controller, but will not work on a member server/workstation, because the local system account only has local significance. Correct -- the CA that creates the users runs as system. There isn't explicit support in the serverca code to support AD. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org - 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.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Creating user in AD
Matthew, I am not familiar with the custom action, but do you know if it is impersonating the user running the install or as the local system account (which the MSI process uses). I suspect it is the later, in that case the custom action will work if the install is running on a domain controller, but will not work on a member server/workstation, because the local system account only has local significance. Michael _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Kowalski Sent: Tuesday, 19 December 2006 6:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Creating user in AD Is there anyone else out there that you know of who could shed some light on this topic? I'm currently trying to have an install create an AD user and I can't seem to get it working. The install is intended to be run on a machine other than the domain controller. The user that I am logged into this machine as is a domain admin, so the rights are there to create the user. I've looked at the source for the user creation and I can't seem to pinpoint anything. It's not a password issue as it does not return the error message relating to an improper password. Short of modifying the source code and trying to recompile it with more error handling, does anyone have any ideas? Is there something I'm missing? Thanks in advance! - 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.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Creating user in AD
Is there anyone else out there that you know of who could shed some light on this topic? I'm currently trying to have an install create an AD user and I can't seem to get it working. The install is intended to be run on a machine other than the domain controller. The user that I am logged into this machine as is a domain admin, so the rights are there to create the user. I've looked at the source for the user creation and I can't seem to pinpoint anything. It's not a password issue as it does not return the error message relating to an improper password. Short of modifying the source code and trying to recompile it with more error handling, does anyone have any ideas? Is there something I'm missing? Thanks in advance! - 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.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Creating user in AD
Douglas Watts wrote: Can WiX create domain users in Active Directory? The WiX server CAs call DsGetDcNameW to get the name of a domain controller, then call NetUserAdd to add the user to that server. So I think the answer is yes, but given that it's a no-impersonate CA, it's not clear that it would have permissions to create AD users unless it's running on a domain controller. But I'm not an AD expert, so I could be all wrong. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org - 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.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Creating user in AD
Can WiX create domain users in Active Directory? If so, are there any special "gottcha's"? For instance, if I want to specify a group membership do I use "BUILT-IN"? (as in: "BUILT-IN\Administrators") _ Doug Watts - 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.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
