John, Is the users permission tag propagating? Can you change the permissions on the folder manually to eliminate this problem? Try that and then alter the Permission Element to give you that permission level.
First of all I would On 5/22/07, John Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Justin, > > Thank you. > Now, do you know that I need to specify in the user property so that > all users can access the folder? It looks like specifying "Users" is > not letting one user overwrite another users file. > > Regards, > John > > Tuesday, May 22, 2007, 6:59:35 PM, you wrote: > > > John, > > > I think there are some additional issues with changing permissions on > > c:\Program Files in vista. However, the post below explains the WiX 2 > > syntax. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Justin Dearing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Mar 29, 2007 2:33 PM > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] RE : acl a directory > > To: Jacquet Fabian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > If this is WiX version 2 then adding the permission element by default > > will remove the "inherit parent ACLs" from the folder. You have to add > > the extended attribute. You also have to link wixca.lib into your MSI. > > > Example: > > <Directory Id="DB_FOLDER" Name="database">: > > <CreateFolder> > > <!-- > > In order to inherit permissions you must link > > "wixca.lib" into the msi and specify the > > attribute Extended="yes" > > --> > > <Permission User="Users" Extended="yes" > > GenericRead="yes" > > GenericWrite="yes" /> > > <File Id="Database" Name="example.mdb" > > Source="..\database\example.mdb" /> > > </CreateFolder> > > </Directory> > > > For WiX version 3 the rules are different. If you are using WiX > > version 3 I would like to know how exactly you get this to work. > > > On 3/29/07, Jacquet Fabian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> The tag Permission let you put ACL on a directory. > >> You only can put this as child as CreateFolder tag. > >> > >> > >> -----Message d'origine----- > >> De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] De la part > >> de Lindsay Harris > >> Envoyé : jeudi 29 mars 2007 8:01 > >> À : DevDiv WiX; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> Cc : David Voskuil > >> Objet : [WiX-users] acl a directory > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Does anyone know if there is a simple way to acl a directory in WIX? Or > >> would this be a custom action call? > >> > >> > >> > >> Thanks! > >> > >> Lindsay Harris > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> 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 > >> > >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
