Re: Problems concerning the Windows MSI Package, AFSAdminGroup on non-english Windows versions

Michael:

Thank you for the report.  I will request that you please send a copy of
your report to [email protected].

This will be addressed sometime over the next couple of weeks.

Jeffrey Altman


Michael Sievers wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> My name ist Michael Sievers from University of Paderborn ( Germany ). My 
> English isn't that perfect, so please excuse possible spelling mistakes.
> 
> OpenAFS ist our primary storage solution, where everything we use is 
> stored. We wanted to deploy the OpenAFS MSI package over 
> ActiveDirectory, but experienced several problems.
> 
> First, the MSI package tries to create a new group, called 
> AFSAdminGroup. The first members of that group are the members of the 
> Administrators group of the machine OpenAFS is installed to.
> 
> The Problem is, that thte package stops at this point with an error 
> message. I logged the installation and cutted that message.
> 
> Product: OpenAFS for Windows -- Error 4007. Can't add members to AFS 
> Client Admin group. NET_API_Error 2220
> 
> I tracked it down to the source code of an custome action used by the 
> MSI package. The file is named
> 
> src\WINNT\install\wix\custom\afscustom.cpp
> 
> There is a function inside of that file that causes the failure.
> 
> --- start of source code ---
> 
> UINT initializeAfsAdminGroup(void) {
>    ...
>    status = NetLocalGroupGetMembers(NULL, L"Administrators", 0, (LPBYTE 
> *) &gmAdmins, MAX_PREFERRED_LENGTH, &dwNEntries, &dwTEntries, NULL);
> 
>   ...
>    }
> 
> --- end of source code ---
> 
> I left parts out, but that line is the problem. The name of the 
> Administrators group is hard coded to "Administrators". If you use a 
> german version of Windows XP like we do, that group is called slightly 
> different, not "Administrators" but "Administratoren".
> 
> I changed that source file, replaced the english name with the german 
> one, compiled it and it runs.
> 
> Thats more a dirty hack than a good solution of that problem. I think 
> that the MSI package in its current fashion can not install on any 
> version of Windows where the Administrators group is not called 
> "Administrators".
> 
> Michael Sievers
> 
> IMT University of Paderborn
> 
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