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The "WPKG path user" credentials are used to gain access to the network share where the wpkg.js script and the configuration xml files are located. A directory to hold installation files is often also placed in the same share, as shown in the example below. If the share is set up to accept guest read access from anyone, then these credentials may not matter.
The "WPKG execution context" user is the user that "executes all commands". This user probably has to have administrative privileges on the local machine to be able to do most interesting installs. By default, WPKG Installer Client sets this to SYSTEM (no password needed), which works fine is a recommended and secure setting. If your software vendor ships installers which fail to install as long as it does not a SYSTEM user (i.e., have a hardcoded check to access other network sharessee if they are started as an Administrator), you may consider using a local or a domain Administrator credentials here. If Also, if any of your installation scripts require access to network shares (other than the share where the script and configuration files are) then you can set this to a user that has administrative privileges on the local machine and also read (or read/write) privileges on the necessary network shares.