On Jan 9, 3:55 am, Anssi Saari <a...@sci.fi> wrote: > aj <mailtome200420032...@gmail.com> writes: > > I access python from a network share. This works fine on XP but on > > windows 7 it throws the following error: > > > Python 2.6.1 (r261:67517, Dec 4 2008, 16:51:00) [MSC v.1500 32 bit > > (Intel)] on > > win32 > > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. > >>>> import random > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > > File "t:\win32\python-2.6.1\lib\random.py", line 871, in <module> > > _inst = Random() > > File "t:\win32\python-2.6.1\lib\random.py", line 96, in __init__ > > self.seed(x) > > File "t:\win32\python-2.6.1\lib\random.py", line 110, in seed > > a = long(_hexlify(_urandom(16)), 16) > > WindowsError: [Error 127] The specified procedure could not be found > > > Is there some security policy that I need to enable/disable to use > > python from a network on windows 7? > > Well, there was just a complaint about this sort of thing on a local > newsgroup here. Specifically, someone was trying to execute a Windows > program from a share and every time Windows 7 pops up a warning window > saying that the program is maybe from the evil interwebby and are you > really sure you actually want to run it. So probably that's the > command line version of same. > > Solution is apparently specifying your server to be in the local > intranet, in IE's security settings. Apparently there is a non-working > autodetection for what is a local intranet, so specifying the server > IP address by hand in the advanced settigns is the working solution.
Thanks for the suggestion Anssi. I added the server in the local intranet settings for IE, but that did not make any difference. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
