[wix-users] UAC Admin permisions

[John Cooper]

For my MBA, I'm working on a Named Pipe-based server-client with the client elevated to run the IIS calls, serialize the data into JSON, and feed it back to the server on the MBA.  Works pretty well, but even this approach requires at least temporary R/W rights on the three IIS config files or the API throws.

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To be very clear, IIS really messed up here. They are the first Microsoft API I've hit where simple read requires elevation. I've threatened a couple different invasive solutions to the problem but never spent the cycles to implement any of them.

tl;dr Interacting with IIS will have a subpar experience because to IIS made a poor design decision.

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From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf Of Ronny Eriksson
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 3:43 PM
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Well to answer Kaveesh question, no i have not.
But I would like to find a way to just find the Sites and AppPools in the IIS without having to use the ServerManager object since you need to be admin to do the connection.
Unfortunaly, Phil, just retrieving data from that object requires Admin...

So firstly I'm looking for another way to solve it.
If not I might have to look in to doing something like u say.

Ronny Eriksson

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