Bugs item #1234850, was opened at 2005-07-08 11:52 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by tim_one You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1234850&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Distutils Group: Python 2.3 Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Tim Peters (tim_one) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: Admin privs required for Windows? Initial Comment: Over in ZopeLand, there's a complaint that the ZODB Windows installer requires admin privileges (or something like that): http://www.zope.org/Collectors/Zope/1838 The installer was produced using Python 2.3.5, via python setup.py bdist_wininst from the root of a ZODB checkout. Anyone have a guess as to what privs it needs that it might not have? The user says they do have permission to write into their Python installation directory, so that's not it. The message they get is "You do not seem to have sufficient access rights on this machine to install this software". Status under Python 2.4.1 is unknown. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Tim Peters (tim_one) Date: 2005-07-08 14:59 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=31435 Bug 1232947 is about installing Python itself. This one is about installing a 3rd-party package that happens to use Python (a pre-existing Python), using a Windows installer created by Python's distutils package. It's unlikely the bugs have anything in common. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Patrick Vrijlandt (pvrijlandt) Date: 2005-07-08 14:48 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1307917 Did you see bug # 1232947? It provides documentation of another failing non-admin install. (2.4.1). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Tim Peters (tim_one) Date: 2005-07-08 13:11 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=31435 You should be able to try 2.4. The Python installer includes msvcr71.dll, and should install it into the Python directory (instead of into a system directory) is you do a "install just for me" (as opposed to "all users") install. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Alex (hairypalm) Date: 2005-07-08 12:36 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1309592 I am the original "complainant". I cannot try python 2.4 install package because it requires MSVCR71.dll. I am "locked down" at work and cannot write files except to my own user area. I am also prevented from writing to some areas of the registry. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1234850&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com