[wpkg-users] Can WPKG install packages while user is at desktop - Lets move on the 2nd problem

[Steve Handy]

One more thing though. Why is it that when I uninstall the firefox, and then run the cscript \\.... /sync.., the program doesn't install.

Let's move on Rainer:

 So basically what I have I good. Great. Okay, now here is the 2nd dilemma.

We have employees here at my organization. They have offsite laptops. Currently they use the Windows PPTP VPN client to connect to the company from outside. When they initially boot, they DO NOT HAVE a network connection established. (So  WPKG will NOT install software at this point). When they arrive at their respective desktops, they establish a network connection via Sprint broadband air cards they have. They then click the VPN icon to establish a VPN connection into the company.

Here is where WPKG comes in, I need the WPKG to execute the cscript \\Store1\WPKG\wkpg.js /Synchronize /quiet and check for packages that need to be installed. (and install if necessary).

How do I make this happen?

In addition we are now eliminating the PPTP VPN client method and using a SSL VPN method where our employees are taken to a webpage via a public url https://portal.callglobalcom.com and thru active x components are brought "inside the company" How can WPKG work in this scenario? The SSL VPN is created by a Sonic Wall device.


Thanks

-----Original Message-----
From: Rainer Meier [mailto:r.meier at wpkg.org]
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 3:44 PM
To: Steve Handy
Cc: 'Adam Williams'; 'wpkg-users at lists.wpkg.org'
Subject: Re: [wpkg-users] Can WPKG install packages while user is at desktop

Hi Steve,

Steve Handy wrote:
> Assuming this is true I need a way to eliminate the incrementing feature

Please see my answer to Adam regarding this. You don't need to increment
the version to make sure a package is verified/re-installed. Just define
appropriate checks and do _NOT_ use execute="once". If you use
execute="once" it does exactly as the name implies, it executes this
version just ONE SINGLE TIME. No further verification on  the package is
done during subsequent wpkg runs.
Only if you increment the version on server side the package will be
upgraded. So use execute="once" only (and really ONLY) in case you want
to install a package, make sure it is once installed and then forget
about it (no matter if somebody is going to uninstall it or not).

Again, if you want to verify that a package is not removed by the user,
then do NOT use execute="once" and define appropriate checks instead
which make sure the software is actually installed.
Also do not specify execute="always" as this will re-install the package
on each synchronization. This could lead to quite high server load and
annoy users if all software is re-installed on each boot-up :-)

So just omit the execute="..." flag by default but make sure that you
define appropriate checks.
WARNING: If you do not use any execute="..." flag AND do not specify any
checks, then the check will always return "false, not installed".
Therefore the effect is similar (not exactly the same, but similar) to
specifying execute="always".
So let me repeat again:
- do not specify any execute="..." flags if you don't have special
requirements
- Specify appropriate checks which return true in case the software is
installed properly


br,
Rainer