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Another enterprise installation vs. admin rights question

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drw posted this 11 February 2013

We use Novell ZENworks to distribute applications across the enterprise, and we've figured out the "requires local admin" challenge of pre-installing the MeadCo ScriptX plugin using the msi and ZENworks' ability to dynamically create a local administrator on demand.  What we're running into now is that a vendor we are about to enter into a service contract with uses (I *think*) the licensed version of ScriptX, which includes an "Advanced Printing" feature that our end-users are not being prompted for until they reach a page that requires it.  In an enterprise environment where users are not typically local administrators of their desktops, the user gets prompted to "Clink YES or NO" to enable Advanced Printing, and if they choose YES then are then hit with the UAC.

Is there a way to pre-enable/authorize/install the Advanced Printing feature(s) when I install ScriptX?  Elevating our end-users to local administrators is a non-starter, so I'm looking for options available to enterprise systems administrators.

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Jerry posted this 13 February 2013

First time users need two installs: the binaries and the license file. ScriptX.msi is the file with which you can pre-install the binaries (sounds like you're doing that already) and with the on-page Security Manager object's 'PerUser' set to 'true' the publishing license can be accepted (and thus installed) by any grade of user.

 

The 'Silent' cost-option is also available in specific cases to allow 'automatic' and invisible license installation.

 

http://scriptx.meadroid.com/license-pricing/license-options/silent-license-installation.aspx

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drw posted this 14 February 2013

Thanks for the reply.  I have a follow-on question about the "Silent" cost-option linked above with respect to what's considered a "publicly available internet addresses" under MeadCo's licensing constraints.  For example, would a website that is accessible from the public internet, but requires users to authenticate before they can even reach the page(s) that require ScriptX, still be considered a "publicly available internet address" under the license terms?  Not sure if this is the appropriate place for licencing questions - so please redirect me as necessary.

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Jerry posted this 15 February 2013

"would a website that is accessible from the public internet, but requires users to authenticate before they can even reach the page(s) that require ScriptX, still be considered a "publicly available internet address" under the license terms? "

 

Nope, in that case we would take your word and offer to enable 'Silent' installation for the license.

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drw posted this 18 February 2013

That clears some things up; thank you.