custom krb5.ini file?

[Benjamin Kaduk]

On Wed, 4 Feb 2015, Matt Miller wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We want to distribute a "Pennified" KfW installer with a custom krb5.ini file. What's the recommended way to do this? I can think of two possible ways;
>
> 1. unpack the MSI, replace the krb5.ini file, repack.
> 2. use a wrapper to install default MSI, then copy our krb5.ini into place.
>
> But I can't find any documentation on customizing the installer, so any
> help would be appreciated.

We have an "MIT-ified" installer that we distribute within MIT; there is a
little bit of code in the installer generation to help with this.

https://github.com/krb5/krb5/blob/master/src/windows/installer/wix/config.wxi#L69
makes the installer pull the configuration files (just krb5.ini at the
moment) from the "athena" subdirectory instead of using the default.  You
could add a local patch to do a similar thing for Penn, but that would
require building (and signing) your own installers.

I don't remember whether orca provides an easy way to effect a change of
this nature, but it is certainly a useful tool for MSI inspection and
modification.

-Ben