Folder Permissions additive; Localized group name

[Jimmy]

HI there

Working since a couple of years with AI, I'm still impressed, hwo great this product is. And it's getting greater with each release!
in an actual project, I just have to add one Usergroup to the folder's permissions.
Unfortunately, the usergroup, entered in the permission's tab of the folder works replacing, there's no option to just add this group.

For example:
Actual Behaviour corresponds with
cacls "C:\Program Files (x86)\Manufacturer\Applicationname\subfolder" /P "Authenticated Users":C
what I whish to achieve is:
cacls "C:\Program Files (x86)\Manufacturer\Applicationname\subfolder" /E /P "Authenticated Users":C

By the way: "Authenticated users" could be a good idea to get the localized name (similar to GRP_DOMAIN_USERS, GRP_POWER_USERS, and so on.
Also, it would be more than great, to get the properties for those resolved groups in the Permission dialog.

Many Thanks! And keep the great work going!

Best regards Jimmy

[pydna]

hi

It sounds to me like the Permission you are adding uses the LockPermissions table.

You may be better off creating a custom action which launches cacls or xcacls/icalcs or something similar.

Perhaps this question should be asked somewhere else in forums?

Cheers

Pydna

[Jimmy]

No Idea, what I'm working with. It's the Permissions tab in AI:
it replaces the permissions, as described in my first post.
Is there a way to overcome this with standard features ofd AI?

Best regards
Jimmy

[Bogdan]

Indeed Advanced Installer uses LockPermissions table to set the permissions you set in Permissions tab. What you need can be accomplished for the moment only with a custom action, using XCACLS, as Pydna correctly recommended.

Best regards,
Bogdan

[Bogdan]

Since version 12.3 Advanced Installer has support to append permissions on existing folder, keeping the existing permissions in place. Please check our Permissions documentation for more details.

Regards,
Bogdan