Eryk Sun <eryk...@gmail.com> added the comment:
> The whoami process check output shows that my account is in > BUILTIN\Administrators, which proves that the account I am > logged in as local Administrator permissions. Please show the output when whoami.exe is spawned from Python. I never questioned whether your account is in the administrators group. I need to know exactly how the group is flagged and/or enabled in the security context of the Python process. For example, a UAC limited logon will include the group with a flag that enables it only for access-denied entries in an object's discretionary access control list (DACL): Group Name: BUILTIN\Administrators Type: Alias SID: S-1-5-32-544 Attributes: Group used for deny only For the group to apply to access-allowed entries in a DACL, it must be enabled as follows: Group Name: BUILTIN\Administrators Type: Alias SID: S-1-5-32-544 Attributes: Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group, Group owner ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue44046> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com