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.


N

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?

On 01/05/2010 15:44, 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.

The canonical way is to use the "runas" verb from within
ShellExecuteEx, which is exposed by the win32api module.

TJG