Registry keys for winglobus

Ti Leggett leggett at mcs.anl.gov
Thu Feb 6 17:32:16 CST 2003


So my guess is that globus shouldn't expand %USERPROFILE% but windows
would. I guess the only way to find out is build it and see if it runs. :)

On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Robert Olson wrote:

> At 05:17 PM 2/6/2003 -0600, Ti Leggett wrote:
> >I was wondering if the registry keys that are in the .iss file are
> >specifically needed. As they are they don't allow for one person to
> >install the package and another person then login and make use of some
> >things. Example:
> >
> >HKCU\Software\Globus\GSI\x509_user_cert is currently set to
> >{userappdata}\.globus\usercert.pem
> >
> >Because you're setting it only in HKCurrentUser only the installing user
> >will get that setting. All subsequent users won't. I propose this:
> >
> >HKLM\SOFTWARE\Globus\GSI\x509_user_cert set to %USERPROFILE%\Application
> >Data\.globus
> 
> The question is if the Globus code will handle this properly (if it will 
> expand %USERPROFILE% at runtime).
> 
> 
> >(HKLM == HKLocalMachine)
> >
> >That way this setting affects all users and should reference that right
> >spot.
> >
> >What I was curious is if any of globus or Bob's tools point to the
> >previous key or not.
> 

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