[chef] Re: Re: Re: Re: Windows registry key change for another user

[Eric Pardee < >]

Thanks Paul, but my install is a bootstrap and the user I'm attempting
to add the registry entry for will not log in, it's sort of a demon
user, which the intended user will run an executable periodically by
Task Scheduler. Since this User will not log in, HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT
will not work for this environment.

On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 4:15 PM, Paul Morton - BIA
<
 >
 wrote:
> Hkey_users\default is a copy of the hive that will be used for all new 
> users. You can set it there. As long as you are using local profiles new 
> users will inherit this base registry hive.
>
> On Jan 5, 2013, at 4:10 PM, "Eric Pardee" 
> <
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>  wrote:
>
>> Thanks Paul, but my install is a bootstrap and the user I'm attempting
>> to add the registry entry for has not logged in.
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 7:14 PM, Paul Morton - BIA
>> <
 >
>>  wrote:
>>> My recollection is that the windows registry provider can do this. There 
>>> is code that will load the users hive (provided they have logged in 
>>> before).
>>>
>>> Take a look at hkey_users. The provider should load the hive for the 
>>> relevant user if it is not currently loaded.
>>>
>>> On Jan 4, 2013, at 7:11 PM, "Eric Pardee" 
>>> <
 >
>>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello
>>>>
>>>> I'm using the github opscode Windows cookbook (1.3.4) with Windows
>>>> bootstrapping and I want to add a registry entry for another user.
>>>>
>>>> My goal is to add a Putty ssh key for another user. I tried adding the 
>>>> key to
>>>> HKEY_ALL_USERS and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE but it doesn't work, which I 
>>>> learned is
>>>> on the Putty wishlist:
>>>> http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/config-locations.html
>>>>
>>>> Does Chef windows_registry resource have the ability to execute the 
>>>> registry
>>>> key change as a different user?
>>>>
>>>> I'm assuming the answer is the powershell cookbook. Does anybody have any
>>>> suggestions?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your time.
>>>>
>>>> Eric
>>
>>
>>
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