[wpkg-users] WPKG client issue on Vista

Tomasz Chmielewski mangoo at wpkg.org
Wed Aug 12 21:10:48 CEST 2009


David Christensen wrote:
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> Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:
>> David Christensen wrote:
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>>> - <#> <Event
>>> xmlns="*http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event*">
>>> - <#> <System>
>>>   <Provider Name="*WpkgService*" />
>>>   <EventID Qualifiers="*0*">1</EventID>
>>>   <Level>2</Level>
>>>   <Task>0</Task>
>>>   <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
>>>   <TimeCreated SystemTime="*2009-08-12T16:30:09.000Z*" />
>>>   <EventRecordID>1371</EventRecordID>
>>>   <Channel>Application</Channel>
>>>   <Computer>Scoobysnack</Computer>
>>>   <Security />
>>>   </System>
>>> - <#> <EventData>
>>>   <Data>Script execution: failure. Exit code: 1</Data>
>>>   </EventData>
>>>   </Event>
>>>
>>> The wpkg version I am using is 1.2.1
>> You could try a newer version.
>>
>> But your issue is most likely just a pre- or post- script which fails.
>> Or wpkg.js.
>>
>>
> I installed a new version and got the same error.  I was able to figure
> out that the issue was related to the execution context.  When I
> deployed wpkg on my XP clients I created a user in my samba domain that
> had access to the share where wpkg is mounted and then added this user
> to each client as a local admin.  I tried the same thing in vista and
> even with the newer client the same thing occured.  It looks like
> permissions are much different in t for testing purposes I used the
> administrator account for the execution context and restarted wpkg,
> which worked.

If you're logged in as a (domain) administrator, you probably have 
network shares already mapped.
Therefore the test will most likely work, even if you use wrong credentials.


>  However now that I can keep wpkg running, I am not able
> to install any applications, I get an error invalid username or bad
> password when it tries to run the package cmd specified in package.xml.
>  Is there a particular wpkg client configuration that I need to use for
> Vista clients?

I'm not sure - could be UAC related?

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Tomasz Chmielewski
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