We are required to give a user permissions to Start, Stop, and Query status of an installed service.
In WiX 2.0, this xml would have worked:
<ServiceInstall
Id="ServiceInstaller" Type="ownProcess"
Name="$(var.ServiceName)" DisplayName="$(var.ServiceName)" Description="Our service description"
Start="demand" Account="LocalSystem" ErrorControl="ignore" Interactive="no">
<Permission User="Everyone" ServiceQueryStatus="yes" ServiceStart="yes" ServiceStop="yes" />
</ServiceInstall>
<ServiceControl Id="StopService" Stop="both" Remove="uninstall" Name="$(var.OmniVpnServiceName)" Wait="yes" />
We're using WiX 3.0, and they removed the Service* attributes from the Permission element, and no longer allow it to be a child of a ServiceInstall element.
How do we get the same effect in WiX 3.0?
As an overview, we need:
Install a Service with:
- Manual startup
- Runs under Local System as "ownProcess"
- Non-interactive with desktop
- Stops on uninstall
Give the "Everyone" user access to:
- Start
- Stop
- Query Status
On the installed service.