[DAEMON-452] Should we create the target folder before apxSecurityGrantFileAccessToUser?

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.3.3
• Fix Version/s: 1.3.4
• Component/s: prunsrv

Environment

Windows

Language

C++

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Gary D. Gregory
• Created: 27/Jan/23 13:25
• Updated: 19/Apr/23 10:13
• Resolved: 19/Apr/23 10:13

Description

Our API apxSecurityGrantFileAccessToUser will fail if the target folder does not exist.

Shouldn't we create this folder in advance of this call?

Names and paths obfuscated in this example:

[2023-01-27 13:55:39] [info]  ( prunsrv.c:2018) [ 7340] Apache Commons Daemon procrun (1.3.3.0 64-bit) started.
[2023-01-27 13:55:39] [debug] ( prunsrv.c:774 ) [ 7340] Installing service...
[2023-01-27 13:55:39] [info]  ( prunsrv.c:831 ) [ 7340] Installing service 'ABC' name 'XYZ'.
[2023-01-27 13:55:39] [debug] ( prunsrv.c:860 ) [ 7340] Setting service description 'XYZ'.
[2023-01-27 13:55:39] [warn]  ( prunsrv.c:759 ) [ 7340] Failed to grant service user 'NT AUTHORITY\LocalService' write permissions to log path 'C:\ProgramData\Example Company\Example Product\10.3991.0.0\Default\logs' due to error '2: The system cannot find the file specified.'
[2023-01-27 13:55:39] [info]  ( prunsrv.c:882 ) [ 7340] Service 'ABC' installed.
[2023-01-27 13:55:39] [info]  ( prunsrv.c:2102) [ 7340] Apache Commons Daemon procrun finished.
Service 'XYZ' was installed succesfully