Hi Jon, I am using windows server 2012 R2. Disabling UAC doesn't seem like a good idea, specially with my automation scripts on a regular basis. I am connecting via admin account obviously but that doesn't seem to be enough for making a symlink. I will have to start a command shell using 'Run as admin'.
On Thursday, 11 February 2016 22:15:19 UTC+5:30, J Hawkesworth wrote: > > Obviously you will need to connect as an Administrator user. > > You don't mention which version of windows you are controlling but you may > just need to temporarily disable UAC prompt for Administrator users. > > On Server 2012 the setting for this is in > > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System > ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin > 0 > > set it back to 2 to restore current default behaviour. > > Hope this helps. I have not used mklink though. > > Jon > > > > On Thursday, 11 February 2016 14:47:40 UTC, ishan jain wrote: >> >> I am trying to make a lot symbolic links for my directories and files and >> manually i use mklink command to make them. Oddly enough, this command >> requires admin level privileges to create links. >> >> How can i use mklink via ansible with admin privileges to create symbolic >> links ? >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/8187cfc4-cccf-4bcd-a472-9c488303639b%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
