[Bug 50318] New: 'HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\DataBasePath' registry entry has non-standard value

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Sat Dec 12 08:10:00 CST 2020 

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50318

            Bug ID: 50318
           Summary: 'HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Paramete
                    rs\DataBasePath' registry entry has non-standard value
           Product: Wine
           Version: 6.0-rc2
          Hardware: x86-64
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: loader
          Assignee: wine-bugs at winehq.org
          Reporter: focht at gmx.net
      Distribution: ---

Hello folks,

related to bug 12076 but a preceding registry issue.

Stable download link to 3ds Max 9 trial version via Internet Archive:

https://web.archive.org/web/20150724061434/http://files.modacity.net/software/3dsmax/3dsmax9.zip

--- snip ---
$ WINEDEBUG=+seh,+relay,+loaddll,+msi wine msiexec -i 3dsmax9_win32.msi
>>log.txt 2>&1
...
0118:trace:msi:ACTION_CustomAction Handling custom action L"MRSetService" (1
L"Callcustom" L"MRSetService")
...
0118:trace:msi:HANDLE_CustomType1 Calling function L"MRSetService" from
L"C:\\users\\focht\\Temp\\msi9e65.tmp"
...
07d0:Ret  KERNEL32.LoadLibraryA() retval=00000000 ret=017e033f
07d0:Ret  PE DLL (proc=017EEF6D,module=017B0000
L"msi9e65.tmp",reason=PROCESS_ATTACH,res=00000000) retval=1
...
07d0:Ret  KERNEL32.LoadLibraryW() retval=017b0000 ret=100210f6
07d0:Call KERNEL32.GetProcAddress(017b0000,0017eae0 "MRSetService")
ret=1002110a
07d0:Ret  KERNEL32.GetProcAddress() retval=017c1c80 ret=1002110a
...
07d0:Call advapi32.RegOpenKeyExA(80000002,01808614
"SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\Tcpip\\Parameters",00000000,0002001f,014df034)
ret=017c1b81
07d0:Ret  advapi32.RegOpenKeyExA() retval=00000000 ret=017c1b81
07d0:Call advapi32.RegQueryValueExA(000000d4,01808604
"DataBasePath",00000000,014df01c,014df03c,014df020) ret=017c0561
07d0:Ret  advapi32.RegQueryValueExA() retval=00000000 ret=017c0561
07d0:Call KERNEL32.ExpandEnvironmentStringsA(014df03c
"C:\\windows\\system32\\drivers",014df43c,00000400) ret=017c1bfd
07d0:Ret  KERNEL32.ExpandEnvironmentStringsA() retval=0000001c ret=017c1bfd
...
07d0:Call KERNEL32.GetFullPathNameA(019a0ea8
"C:\\windows\\system32\\drivers\\services",00000104,014df688,014df4f8)
ret=017de351
...
07d0:Ret  KERNEL32.GetFullPathNameA() retval=00000024 ret=017de351
...
07d0:Call KERNEL32.FindFirstFileA(019a0ea8
"C:\\windows\\system32\\drivers\\services",014df50c) ret=017de3f1
...
07d0:Ret  KERNEL32.FindFirstFileA() retval=ffffffff ret=017de3f1
....
07d0:Call KERNEL32.CreateFileA(019a0ea8
"C:\\windows\\system32\\drivers\\services",80000000,00000000,014df670,00000003,00000080,00000000)
ret=017de5f4
...
07d0:Ret  KERNEL32.CreateFileA() retval=ffffffff ret=017de5f4
07d0:Call KERNEL32.GetLastError() ret=017de2cf
07d0:Ret  KERNEL32.GetLastError() retval=00000002 ret=017de2cf
...
07d0:Call KERNEL32.RaiseException(e06d7363,00000001,00000003,014df770)
ret=017eec32
07d0:Call ntdll.memcpy(014df6c8,014df770,0000000c) ret=7b00ff18
07d0:Ret  ntdll.memcpy() retval=014df6c8 ret=7b00ff18
07d0:trace:seh:dispatch_exception code=e06d7363 flags=1 addr=7B00FF28
ip=7b00ff28 tid=07d0
07d0:trace:seh:dispatch_exception  info[0]=19930520
07d0:trace:seh:dispatch_exception  info[1]=014df7a0
07d0:trace:seh:dispatch_exception  info[2]=01811c9c
07d0:trace:seh:dispatch_exception  eax=014df6b4 ebx=0017ea01 ecx=014df770
edx=0000000c esi=00000003 edi=014df720
07d0:trace:seh:dispatch_exception  ebp=014df708 esp=014df6b4 cs=7bc50023
ds=14d002b es=7bc3002b fs=14d0063 gs=006b flags=00000216
07d0:trace:seh:call_vectored_handlers calling handler at 7B00F270 code=e06d7363
flags=1
07d0:trace:seh:call_vectored_handlers handler at 7B00F270 returned 0
07d0:trace:seh:call_stack_handlers calling handler at 01805E2E code=e06d7363
flags=1
...
07d0:Call user32.MessageBoxA(00000000,0181d368 "Runtime Error!\n\nProgram:
C:\\windows\\system32\\msiexec.exe\n\n\r\nThis application has requested the
Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.\nPlease contact the application's
support team for more information.\r\n",0180b7b8 "Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime
Library",00012010) ret=017fdfa1 
...
--- snip ---

The custom action dll appends 'services' to the path queried from registry and
tries to access the file.

'C:\\windows\\system32\\drivers\\services'

This obviously can't work because file doesn't exist -> bug 12076

But the installer is supposed to access
'C:\\windows\\system32\\drivers\\etc\\services' here. Wine uses a non-standard
path here.

Wine registry:

--- snip ---
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]
"DataBasePath"="C:\\windows\\system32\\drivers"
--- snip ---

Wine source:

https://source.winehq.org/git/wine.git/blob/3acb0b3326c4120ea0c4c6076bd03c9cfe82c744:/loader/wine.inf.in#l3943

--- snip ---
3947
HKLM,"System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters","DataBasePath",2,"%11%\drivers"
--- snip ---

According to Microsoft docs:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/314053/tcp-ip-and-nbt-configuration-parameters-for-windows-xp

--- quote ---
DatabasePath
Key: Tcpip\Parameters
Value Type: REG_EXPAND_SZ - Character string
Valid Range: A valid Windows NT file path
Default: %SystemRoot%\System32\Drivers\Etc
Description: This parameter specifies the path of the standard Internet
database files (HOSTS, LMHOSTS, NETWORKS, PROTOCOLS). It is used by the Windows
Sockets interface.
--- quote ---

The custom action dll also calls 'ExpandEnvironmentStringsA' afterwards which
suggests this key is indeed of 'REG_EXPAND_SZ' type.

Autodesk KB:

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/search-result/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Cannot-install-3ds-Max-Design-error-CustomAction-MRSetService-returned-actual-error-code-1603.html

--- quote ---
Issue: 3DS Max installs will fail. The log shows CustomAction MRSetService
returned actual error code 1603
Causes: Mental Ray Satallite service cannot be created
Solution:

One known cause of this error is a missing "Services" file from
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc.
If that file is missing it can be recovered with a windows OS repair or by
simply copying it over from a system that still has the file.

Workaround:

If the user will not be using Mental Ray for rendering you can remove the
Mental Ray service from the installation. Steps below

1.) Download and install orca msi editing tool
http://www.technipages.com/download-orca-msi-editor
2.) Copy the install media for 3ds max to a local drive or navigate to the
downloaded installer directory. Find the install msi for 3ds Max, usually 
x64/max/3dsmax.msi
3.) Right click the msi and choose edit in orca
4.) In "Custom Actions" Search for the line MRSetService and delete it. Close
Orca and save the changes.
5.) Run the 3ds Max install again.
--- quote ---

It seems the key was added with bug 45821 ("Metasploit Console won't start due
to missing registry value
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\DataBasePath") but with
non-standard value.

https://source.winehq.org/git/wine.git/commitdiff/bfe48889aeda69cac81e46b1d57beb0ed04b897c

No idea where Alex got the key value from.

After the fix, the installer will still abort but now trying the proper
non-existing file path.

This will match what the Wine-Staging patchset from bug 12076 does: creating
the missing files in 'C:\\windows\\system32\\drivers\\etc\\' directory.

https://github.com/wine-staging/wine-staging/blob/master/patches/wineboot-drivers_etc_Stubs/0001-wineboot-Init-system32-drivers-etc-host-networks-pro.patch

$ sha1sum 3dsmax9.zip 
d04eeb0eeabbb7cedaf536170fb6879b2faf1a25  3dsmax9.zip

$ du -sh 3dsmax9.zip 
590M    3dsmax9.zip

$ wine --version
wine-6.0-rc2

Regards

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