[wix-users] when creating registry value, can I not log it to the MSI log file? [P]

[Joel Budreau]

You could write the registry value through a custom action instead of the
Registry table. That way you can use the <Property> element's 'Hidden'
attribute to hide the custom action's CustomActionData from the log file.

On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 5:45 AM, Steven Ogilvie <Steven.Ogilvie at titus.com>
wrote:

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> I don't have time to create a custom BA
>
> Storing the info via registry value seemed like a good idea...
>
> 1. is there a way to *not* log the registry value to the MSI log file
> 2. is there a better approach to get info from installer X to installer Y
> (I am using a bootstrapper to kick off the installation)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve
>
>
>
>
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> From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf
> Of Hoover, Jacob
> Sent: July 7, 2016 3:38 PM
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> Subject: Re: [wix-users] when creating registry value, can I not log it to
> the MSI log file? [P]
>
> Can't is a strong word.  A custom BA allows you to do anything a MSI can
> do and more.
>
> Storing a password in the registry in plain text would be a security
> concern, even if it's intermittent.  Having it in the logs is just one more
> place it could be found.
>
> If it's acceptable for X to ask for it, then why can't Y ask for it as
> well?  Then, if you have time to move the logic to a custom BA, you could
> suppress the dialogs in both and property drive it from the command line.
>
> If Y isn't able to prompt for it, then how do you intend on handling Y
> being ran a second time without X being ran first?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf
> Of Steven Ogilvie
> Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2016 2:09 PM
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> Subject: Re: [wix-users] when creating registry value, can I not log it to
> the MSI log file? [P]
>
> Classification: Public
> Can't do that...
>
> MSI installer X has a dialog that asks for information in order to create
> a DB If Windows authentication there isn't a password If mixed
> authentication (or just SQL) there will be a password
>
> MSI installer X has another dialog that asks information about the Web
> site it will create It asks for the Web App Pool user + password (however
> if the web app pool user is a system user, i.e. LocalSystem, there isn't a
> password
>
> So some of that information is gathered in MSI installer X which MSI
> installer Y will use and remove the registry entries by the end of the
> install
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve
>
>
>
>
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> Of Hoover, Jacob
> Sent: July 7, 2016 1:29 PM
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> Subject: Re: [wix-users] when creating registry value, can I not log it to
> the MSI log file?
>
> Create a bundle, gather the info in the bundle and pass it as a
> MsiProperty to X and Y?
>
>
> > On Jul 7, 2016, at 12:20 PM, Steve Ogilvie <sogilvie at msn.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi folks,
> >
> >
> >
> > I have several MSI's in my installer.
> >
> >
> >
> > Let's call two of them X and Y...
> >
> >
> >
> > Y requires some information from X
> >
> >
> >
> > So what I do is create some registry entries in X, which Y reads and
> > later deletes the registry entries...
> >
> >
> >
> > 2 of those registry entries are passwords...
> >
> >
> >
> > Is there any way to *NOT* log the registry value into the MSI log
> > file?
> >
> >
> >
> > i.e. when I use:
> >
> > <RegistryKey Id="ProductId" ForceCreateOnInstall="yes"
> > ForceDeleteOnUninstall="yes" Root="HKLM"
> > Key="SOFTWARE\MYCO\MyProduct">
> >
> > <!-- The password will be deleted by the next installer -->
> >
> > <RegistryValue Type="string" Name="Password" Value="[A_PASSWORD]"/>
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> >
> > Steve
> >
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