I Found a first solution, though not very satisfying: News123 wrote: > Hi, > > I have a small python script, which has been started as normal non > privileged user. > > At a later point in time it would like to start another python script > with elevated privileges. > > How can I write my code such, that I will get the privilege elevation > prompt and I can start a sub process / python function with elevated > privileges. > > thanks for any hints. > > Under Linux Ubuntu I would use sudo/gksu > > Under Windows 7 I'm a little lost. > > A Python only solution is of course prefered, but any .bat .c .C# .cmd > wrapper would be fine. >
I could call following command: PowerShell -Command (New-Object -com 'Shell.Application').ShellExecute('Cmd.exe', '/c c:\abs_path_to_my_app\pyscript.pyw', ' ', 'runas') So I might do something like: # ########### script starts import subprocess cmd_wrap = "PowerShell -Command (New-Object -com "\ "'Shell.Application').ShellExecute('Cmd.exe', "\ "'/c %s', '', 'runas')" args = r"c:\abspathtommyapp\myapp.pyw" cmd = cmd_wrap % args # create KW args to hide console kwargs = { } su = subprocess.STARTUPINFO() su.dwFlags |= subprocess.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW su.wShowWindow = subprocess.SW_HIDE kwargs['startupinfo'] = su p = subprocess.Popen( cmd.split() , **kwargs ) # script ends here However my issue is, that I have one annoying console window popping up when PowerShell starts cmd.exe Is there anything better? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list