windows - How do you set directory permissions in NSIS?

Question

I'm trying to build a Windows installer using Nullsoft Install System that requires installation by an Administrator. The installer makes a "logs" directory. Since regular users can run this application, that directory needs to be writable by regular users. How do I specify that all users should have permission to have write access to that directory in the NSIS script language?

I admit that this sounds a like a sort of bad idea, but the application is just an internal app used by only a few people on a private network. I just need the log files saved so that I can see why the app is broken if something bad happens. The users can't be made administrator.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/116876/how-do-you-set-directory-permissions-in-nsis

Answer 1

Use the AccessControl plugin and then add this to the script, where the "logs" directory is in the install directory.

AccessControl::GrantOnFile "$INSTDIRlogs" "(BU)" "FullAccess"

That gives full access to the folder for all users.