On Fri, 27 Jun 2025 20:17:37 +0200, Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: > >BTW, fun fact: nowadays they are not allowed to write .BAT scripts on >their Windows desktop. >Precisely, the can write any file with any extension, but even the >person with "local admin" authority is not allowed to run .BAT script. >That require yet another authority. :-( > No scripts sounds like a major impediment to productivity.
What about other scripting languages? Does Windows support bash nowadays? Maybe under cygwin, but I'd hardly expect that to be allowed. What about Word macros? They (used to) be notorious for integrity exposures. I once tried to make a symbolic link with mklink. Failed because it demanded admin authority. Never found out why. No similar restriction in POSIX. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
