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List:       fossil-users
Subject:    Re: [fossil-users] symlinks
From:       Ron W <ronw.mrmx () gmail ! com>
Date:       2014-08-28 22:46:12
Message-ID: CAHWyCX5byGhqjGQ5iW1W6x2HteU--4DfuDeYb_btNfrg+OONGA () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 5:35 PM, Warren Young <warren@etr-usa.com> wrote:

> On 8/28/2014 14:32, Ron W wrote:
>
>> I wonder if it would make sense for Fossil to spawn a separate program
>> to create symlinks.
>>
>
> You'd need a Windows equivalent of setuid root.  I imagine if such a thing
> exists, it involves poking around inside the group policy editor or the
> user managment MMC snap-in.  If so, it may be even harder to enable on
> non-Pro or Server versions of Windows.


Right now, I have Win7 Pro available. In that, on the Compatibility tab of
the Properties of an EXE file, at the bottom, there is a checkbox "Run as
Administrator". (or something like that - we use this to run some of our
specialized tools under MS Win)

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<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 \
at 5:35 PM, Warren Young <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:warren@etr-usa.com" \
target="_blank">warren@etr-usa.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br> <blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc \
solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="">On 8/28/2014 14:32, Ron W wrote:</div><div \
class=""> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px \
#ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> I wonder if it would make sense for Fossil to spawn a \
separate program<br> to create symlinks.<br>
</blockquote>
<br></div>
You&#39;d need a Windows equivalent of setuid root.   I imagine if such a thing \
exists, it involves poking around inside the group policy editor or the user \
managment MMC snap-in.   If so, it may be even harder to enable on non-Pro or Server \
versions of Windows.</blockquote> <div><br></div><div>Right now, I have Win7 Pro \
available. In that, on the Compatibility tab of the Properties of an EXE file, at the \
bottom, there is a checkbox &quot;Run as Administrator&quot;. (or something like that \
- we use this to run some of our specialized tools under MS Win)  </div> \
<div><br></div></div></div></div>



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