WindowsService/InstallUtil:Pas s user/pwd from commandline to installer

[mabra]

Hi All!

After hours of searching the net, I found nothing really substantial
about this. For me, passing username and password from the commandline,
is not very unsecure, but there is no way described, how this can work.
Without preparation, a GUI appears, even user/pwd are specified on the
commandline. Naturally, I do not want to specify username and password
in the source [this would work].

I experimented with the installer classes and discovered their hierarchy
a little bit. I came to really ugly code in my service installer class,
but it works:

[RunInstaller(tr ue)]
public class MyServiceInstal ler:Installer
{

private ServiceInstalle r serviceInst;
private ServiceProcessI nstaller serviceProcessI nst;

public MyServiceInstal ler():base()
{
this.servicePro cessInst = new ServiceProcessI nstaller();
this.servicePro cessInst.Accoun t = ServiceAccount. User;
this.servicePro cessInst.Userna me = null;
this.servicePro cessInst.Passwo rd = null;
Installers.Add( ... )
}

public override void Install(IDictio nary savedState)
{
if(base.Parent. Parent.Context. Parameters["username"] != null)
{
this.servicePro cessInst.Userna me =
base.Parent.Par ent.Context.Par ameters["username"];
}
if(base.Parent. Parent.Context. Parameters["password"] != null)
{
this.servicePro cessInst.Passwo rd =
base.Parent.Par ent.Context.Par ameters["password"];
}
base.Install(sa vedState);
}

}//class

I am interested to see better code ;-)

Thanks and
best regards,
mabra