Ticket #133 (closed defect: fixed)

Opened 3 years ago

Last modified 3 years ago

Give Installer Administrator rights

Reported by: jmckenna Owned by: hhayashi
Priority: major Component: Installer
Version: Keywords:
Cc: jmckenna

Description

  • some parts of the installer may require Administrative rights (such as installing an Apache service)
  • investigate how to modify installer /setup files accordingly

Change History

Changed 3 years ago by jmckenna

  • status changed from new to closed
  • resolution set to fixed
  • a few days ago, Hayashi-san and Sakurai-san looked at this Administrative rights issue
  • they discovered that this can be set in a manifest file ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944276/)
  • tested by having Apache install its service in the installer's postinstall (apache-2.2.14-2)
    • successful with Windows7
    • should work with Vista, but should not with XP
  • committed in r:1144
  • will need to regenerate osgeo-setup.exe and create a new setup package (will again email to list)

Changed 3 years ago by jmckenna

(rewriting, as email notification was not sent by trac)

  • a few days ago, Hayashi-san and Sakurai-san looked at this Administrative rights issue
  • they discovered that this can be set in a manifest file ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944276/)
  • tested by having Apache install its service in the installer's postinstall (apache-2.2.14-2)
    • successful with Windows7
    • should work with Vista, but should not with XP
  • committed in r1144
  • will need to regenerate osgeo-setup.exe and create a new setup package (will again email to list)
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