network issues

[cody]

So i've read that in order to execute from a network drive you need to
change the security permissions, if i wish the program to be run off of
a machine running windows server 2003 on a networked user's computer,
would I have to mess around with caspol, or could i simply use the
administrative tools, .net configuration utility? any help is greatly
appreciated.

 

[Marc Gravell]

Depends on how many machines you need to update (if any). For one-or-two, I
would use the wizard (right click on Runtime Security Policy and "Trust
Assembly...". For more, I would hope to automate it; this can be done by
exporting an msi from the wizard (assuming each machine will be configured
identically) - right click on Runtime Security Policy and "Create Deployment
Package...". For more specific changes, caspol.exe (command-line) can be
used e.g. in an msi to configure security.

However, my preferred option is still (in 2.0) to use ClickOnce and signed
manifests; no client configuration required - just a valid code-signing
certificate.

Marc

 

[cody]

Depends on how many machines you need to update (if any). For one-or-two, I
would use the wizard (right click on Runtime Security Policy and "Trust
Assembly...". For more, I would hope to automate it; this can be done by
exporting an msi from the wizard (assuming each machine will be configured
identically) - right click on Runtime Security Policy and "Create Deployment
Package...". For more specific changes, caspol.exe (command-line) can be
used e.g. in an msi to configure security.

However, my preferred option is still (in 2.0) to use ClickOnce and signed
manifests; no client configuration required - just a valid code-signing
certificate.

Marc

Could you post maybe a link to where I could find more information
about ClickOnce and signed manifests? Also, is it possible to change
the security on that folder containing the code in the server so that I
don't ahve to configure individual workstations?

 

[Marc Gravell]

Could you post maybe a link to where I could find more information
about ClickOnce and signed manifests?

Entering the following into google looks promising:
+"how to" +"ClickOnce" +"manifest" +"sign"

Also, is it possible to change
the security on that folder containing the code in the server so that I
don't ahve to configure individual workstations?

No; the client determines the security policy; the server in this case
is just a passive file system. In 1.1 days I resorted to simply
changing my corporate logon and build scripts so that all machines
automatically trusted my SNK via caspol; with 2.0 a signed, trusted,
ClickOnce manifest is far better. In fact, there were probably better
options in 1.1, but it sufficed for my purposes.

Marc