Can I do that programically? I'd rather not require that users must always right-click "run as administrator".
On Tuesday, December 31, 2013 9:59:56 AM UTC-8, Alex Kocharin wrote: > > > What about starting node.js itself with elevated privileges? (and possibly > dropping them later if they aren't needed) > > > 31.12.2013, 13:45, "[email protected] <javascript:>" < > [email protected] <javascript:>>: > > I need to launch an external program, but I'm hitting a roadblock because > that external program requires elevated privileges. Normally I would just > do this: > > require('child_process').spawn('C:\\Users\\me\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\ > 1131128-16232-bid56z__some_installer.exe'); > > But this throws an error because the external program requires elevated > privileges. Some have suggested that I use the "runas" command, but I > haven't had much success yet. No error is thrown, but the external program > doesn't run either. > > require('child_process').spawn('runas', > ['/user:my_machine_name\\administrator', > 'C:\\Users\\me\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\1131130-18300-1 > wol3cr__some_installer.exe']); > > I've also been trying the node-window module's "elevate" method. It seems > to use batch and VB scripts to do its magic, and it comes very close to > solving my problem. The issue with this solution is that the child > process's "close" and "exit" events seem to trigger immediately, and I lose > all communication with the child process. I presume this is because the > child process is aware of only the batch cmd or vbs and not my actual > external program. > > For the moment, I'm at a dead end. I'm very much hoping someone has an > ingenious idea. > > > -- > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] <javascript:> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <javascript:> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "nodejs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
