[issue31616] Windows installer: Python binaries are user-writable

2017-09-28 Thread Pat K
Pat K <pkugri...@gmail.com> added the comment: Thank you for the explanation. I understand this is intentional. However user without such knowledge of inheritable permissions might want to default the installation directory to the old one (C:\PythonXX) and could easily run into this

[issue31616] Windows installer: Python binaries are user-writable

2017-09-28 Thread Pat K
New submission from Pat K <pkugri...@gmail.com>: This seems to affect different versions of Python Windows installer. The problem is when Python is installed for all users (requires elevation) its binaries and DLLs are shipped with writable permission for "Authenticated Us