Greetings, Charles Wilson! >>> But even if /bin/bash is elevated, it doesn't follow that any of the >>> tools launched within a script -- via cygwin's fork/exec method -- >>> ALSO retain that elevation. >>> >>> Does it? >> >> Yes, it does. CreateProcess propagates its own user token untouched. >> >> Weird question. Did you ever start an elevated shell and lost your >> admin permissions in a child process? If that would occur, nothing >> would work right in an admin shell. Even the `id' call would not show >> the admins group in your supplementary group list.
> OK. At one point I thought there was an issue with propagating > elevation, but I guess not. > So...is it possible to launch setup*.exe in an UNelevated context Yes, is you rename it to something less apparent. People suggested "getcygwin.exe" earlier. > (somehow bypassing the UAC detection, even though we don't ship a > manifest)? Then, if the user selects 'Install for All Users' you would > see this problem. -- WBR, Andrey Repin (anrdae...@freemail.ru) 24.07.2013, <17:33> Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
