Re: [Python-Dev] Questions regarding Windows buildbots

2014-05-14 Thread David Bolen
Brian Curtin writes: > On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 5:16 PM, Claudiu Popa wrote: (...) >> - If we can acquire the privilege by elevating our process, does the >> Windows buildbots have UAC >> enabled and if so, how's the notification setting configured? For >> instance, elevating a process will >>

Re: [Python-Dev] Questions regarding Windows buildbots

2014-05-12 Thread Brian Curtin
On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 5:16 PM, Claudiu Popa wrote: > Hello! > > I'm working on a patch for issue bugs.python.org/issue8579 (Add > missing tests for FlushKey, LoadKey, and SaveKey in winreg). This > issue requires the SeBackupPrivilege in order to use LoadKey and > SaveKey. While acquiring the pr

[Python-Dev] Questions regarding Windows buildbots

2014-05-12 Thread Claudiu Popa
Hello! I'm working on a patch for issue bugs.python.org/issue8579 (Add missing tests for FlushKey, LoadKey, and SaveKey in winreg). This issue requires the SeBackupPrivilege in order to use LoadKey and SaveKey. While acquiring the privilege isn't very complicated using ctypes, it fails with ERROR_