[wpkg-users] msiexec fails when pointed to dfsr share

[Stefan Pendl]

Am 03.04.2013 22:07, schrieb Jason Taylor:
>> It is run by the SYSTEM user, which in turn needs the Domain-Computers
>> group to have access to the share and file system, see the other thread from
>> today.
>
> Well, that didn't change anything. What I don't understand is why only msi's fail, and only when accessed via the DFSR namespace. For example, this fails with 1619 (where %SOFTWARE% == '\\domain\it\software'):
> <install cmd='msiexec /qn /i "%SOFTWARE%\AdobeReader\AcroRead.msi" transforms="%SOFTWARE%\AdobeReader\AcroRead.mst"'>
>
> While this works:
> <install cmd='msiexec /qn /i "\\server\software\AdobeReader\AcroRead.msi" transforms="\\server\software\AdobeReader\AcroRead.mst"'>
>

Does it work if you start a batch from the DFSR executing msiexec, but 
using pushd/popd before/after msiexec?


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