Re: [Firebird-devel] Firebird Service - Error occurred during "OpenSCManager".

[Olivier M. <om...@ti...>]

Le 19-mars-07 =E0 10:42, Paul Reeves a =E9crit :

> Brad Lee wrote:
>> I am trying to install Firebird Service on Windows Vista behind =20
>> the scenes
>> using the following command: "instsvc i" and I receive the error =20
>> message
>> listed
>> below:
>>
>> Error occurred during "OpenSCManager".
>> Access is denied.
>>
>
> Using the binary installer Fb 1.5.4 and 2.0.1 both install fine for =20=

> me.
> I'm just installing as a regular admin user.
>
> On the other hand, if I open a command prompt and try this:
>
> instsvc stop
>
> I get the same error as you.  So I suspect that you don't have the =20
> full
> admin rights that you thought you had. I'm not sure if that should
> prompt a :-) or a :-(

Being "admin" is yet not enough to install a software.  Windows Vista =20=

does a special "elevation" ceremony which involves waving some =20
chickens and singing esoteric psalms when it sees the executable has =20
the word "setup" or "install" in it (more or less exact, please check =20=

documentation for the full story).

"instsvc" does not benefit from this obviously, while the official =20
installer has the right name. What's more if the installer is rebuild =20=

with the latest InnoSetup version it will get special treatment to =20
ensure it does not fail installing.

Try renaming instsvc.exe to svc-setup.exe or install-svc.exe, I don't =20=

have a Vista anymore right here for now (I'm so happy!) but I think =20
it should work. (Not that this is a recommended solution).

Of course there are other ways : we can embed a specific manifest =20
resource file in the executable requiring the elevation.

All this stuff is only the equivalent thing as requiring the user to =20
type "sudo instsvc" on a linux system in order for instsvc to have =20
temporarily enough privileges to do its job.  Unfortunately that =20
feels more complicated needlessly as always with Windows...

--=20
Olivier Mascia