Jailing software

[Knossos]

Hello

I'm not entirely sure if "jail" is the right term here. But here goes.

Personally, I like to make software (as much as possible) run under a user account/group so that it may not affect other applications.

For example, setting up my webserver the other day, I forced the apache/php/mysql services to run under a webserver user account where its' only access is to the web server specific directories.

I'm used to this practice from linux operating systems, and honestly I dont know how much of a difference it makes in Vista. But, I like to do it anyway ;P

Is it possible to run an install so that anything it makes is owned by a certain user from the start?

Thanks,
Knossos.

 

[Neverhavemoney]

Just install it from the user that you want it to be installed under. During the install of the app, choose to install "only for this user"

Ben