[Freeswitch-users] Issues creating/modifying FreeSWITCH files after using MSI installation in Windows 8

Thu Jan 9 23:01:21 MSK 2014

Hi Moishe,

I have seen Windows UAC in action when you use an account that does not 
administrator level.

In your experience, your FS installs have your tried to access and use 
fs_cli and fs config file with a non adminstrator user account?

Could you share your experience?

On 01/09/2014 12:12 PM, Moishe Grunstein wrote:
> I have quite a few Windows 8 FS installs using the MSI, I never had 
> these issues, I modify the configs elsewhere, then copy into 
> freeswitch folder and provide administrator permission. I think it is 
> a security feature and should stay this way. In Linux you need to Sudo 
> for many things too. The MSI's are very convenient, when ever I ran 
> into any little issue Jeff fixed it very quickly.
> If one person posts to this list with an attitude and insults the 
> people working hard on this project we should ignore him.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Moishe Grunstein
>
> Tornado Computer Systems, Inc.
>
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> *From:* freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org 
> [freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org] on behalf of 
> dgarcia at anew.com.ve [dgarcia at anew.com.ve]
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 09, 2014 4:36 AM
> *To:* FreeSWITCH Users Help
> *Subject:* Re: [Freeswitch-users] Issues creating/modifying FreeSWITCH 
> files after using MSI installation in Windows 8
>
> Hi All!,
> Windows UAC is quite annoying. We work with other solution that have 
> similar issues. You have to realize that is not FS issue, it is 
> Windows "policy" that changes how to operate.
> You have another workaround: install FS in another directory that is 
> not in Windows UAC control, and add any permisions to your user 
> account if it needed.
>> On January 8, 2014 at 9:57 PM Jeff Leung <jleung at v10networks.ca> wrote:
>>
>> I'm with Mr. Lenk on this one. Before you start going off on a 
>> disrespectful tone, there's the wiki you can search through.
>>
>> Hint: You can get FS to look for a set of configuration files 
>> elsewhere. Using sc.exe you can alter the FreeSWITCH service into 
>> looking for the config files in a custom location under Windows.
>>
>> *From:*freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org 
>> [mailto:freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org] *On Behalf Of 
>> *Jeff Lenk
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 8, 2014 16:27
>> *To:* FreeSWITCH Users Help
>> *Subject:* Re: [Freeswitch-users] Issues creating/modifying 
>> FreeSWITCH files after using MSI installation in Windows 8
>>
>> Your tone is kinda disrespectful here! I have provided an msi as an 
>> example of many things that FreeSWITCH can do and do so without 
>> having to build the code. It is a very simple MSI and I would like 
>> individuals perhaps like yourself to help out and contribute patches 
>> to enhance the installer.
>>
>> Nothing undocumented about it the permissions aren't set to allow 
>> files to be created or modified unless you are the administrator. 
>> Your point about default permissions here is fair enough and I 
>> would consider modifying that. It would have been far better 
>> suited for you to offer to patch the MSI building process to set some 
>> default permissions.
>>
>> Sent from Windows Mail
>>
>> *From:*Moishe Grunstein <mailto:max at nysolutions.com>
>> *Sent:* ?Monday?, ?January? ?6?, ?2014 ?3?:?37? ?PM
>> *To:* FreeSWITCH Users Help 
>> <mailto:freeswitch-users at lists.freeswitch.org>
>>
>> You can disable user account control, or run as administrator.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Moishe Grunstein
>> Tornado Computer Systems, Inc.
>> 212.400.7650 888.IPPBX.US
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org 
>> <mailto:freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org> 
>> [mailto:freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org] On Behalf Of jayen
>> Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 12:37 AM
>> To: FreeSWITCH-Users Mailing List
>> Subject: [Freeswitch-users] Issues creating/modifying FreeSWITCH 
>> files after using MSI installation in Windows 8
>>
>> I don't know if many (any?) of you folks have ever tried running 
>> FreeSWITCH in Windows 8, but the MSI installed version seems to have 
>> an issue that had me scratching my head for awhile this evening.  
>> Specifically, it seems that I can't seem to create OR modify files in 
>> the FreeSWITCH directory located (by force) in Program Files.  Before 
>> you ask, yes-I'm using the 64-bit MSI/version in a 64-bit OS.  For 
>> instance, when I right-click in any folder in the FreeSWITCH 
>> directory tree and go down to "New", this is what I see: 
>> <http://i.imgur.com/1IJfir4.png>. When I try to edit an existing 
>> file, I'm told that it's "read only" and my changes can't be saved.  
>> How nice.
>>
>> Interestingly enough it seems that only sub-folders located in 
>> "Program Files" or "Program Files (x86)" exhibit this level 
>> folder/file protection, and I am a member of the local 
>> "Administrators" group.  Having a bit of experience with all version 
>> of Windows post-Vista, I suspect that some craptastic (un?)documented 
>> feature of UAC is "protecting" the contents of the FreeSWITCH 
>> directory...just like it protects the rest of the contents of Program 
>> Files as well.
>>
>> Now to my point: as anyone who has ANY degree of experience with 
>> Windows in the last 10 years fully knows, there are virtually NO 
>> PROGRAMS in existence that store configuration data actually IN the 
>> Program Files directory, or a sub-directory therein....so why in 
>> tarnation does FreeSWITCH?!?
>>
>> Please fix this, or if I'm missing some really obvious solution to 
>> this problem, please-enlighten me in a response.  If you're going to 
>> suggest that I simply move the folder out of the Program Files 
>> directory to somewhere else on the system that isn't "protected" by 
>> UAC, that's a GREAT idea!  I think I'll do JUST THAT.  But why should 
>> I have to in the first place???  For that matter, why doesn't the MSI 
>> installer give you the option of installing the program somewhere 
>> OTHER than Program Files???  Food for thought...
>>
>> Thanks all
>> Jeremy
>>
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