Tim Golden wrote: > [Barnaby Scott] > > | So I'm thinking along these lines: > | > | import subprocess > | sp = subprocess.Popen(r'C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\runas.exe > | /user:administrator > | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Age of Mythology\aom.exe') > | #some sort of code to send the password here... > | #help! > > I *think* -- and I'm happy to be wrong -- that there's > no way you're going to get that password in there. One > place to start looking might be: > > pywinauto - http://pywinauto.pbwiki.com/ > > which lets you automate Windows in general; don't know > how much use it'll be here. > > Alternatively, look into the pywin32 package, and in > particular at the win32security functions which let you > impersonate another user. They're not trivial to use, > but their use has been explained a few times over the > years I think. Mostly by Roger Upole who wrote most if > not all of the Python bindings. > > Here's a post which looks useful; you'll have to hunt > around for others: > > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/6bbefb9d4d45d253 > > I suggest you ask this question again on the main > python / python-win32 lists; it's a bit too platform-specific > for the tutor list, I would say. > > TJG
Thanks for your tips. In fact the first link you gave put me onto Sendkeys (http://www.rutherfurd.net/python/sendkeys/), which is a prerequisite for pywinauto. In the end that was all I needed. In case anyone else is interested here is my code now (with SendKeys installed): import subprocess, SendKeys subprocess.Popen(r'C:\WINNT\system32\runas.exe /user:administrator "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Age of Mythology\aom.exe"') SendKeys.SendKeys('{PAUSE 1}MyAdministratorPassword{ENTER}') Worth knowing about - might be quite useful for all sorts of things, however 'quick and dirty' it feels as a technique! Thanks again BDS _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
