How to give python admin priviledges or call python with admin priviledges?

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How to give python admin priviledges or call python with admin priviledges?

Hao Sun 21

What would be the equivalent of python3.8 setup.py install but having python run with admin privileges? p.s. can I give python admin privileges without having to reinstall to a different location?

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Jason Sandys 31,406 Microsoft Employee Moderator

Sorry, it's unclear what exactly you are asking about here. In Windows, you give users or groups (security principals) privileges and permissions (and not applications). So, what exactly are you trying to do or what exactly is not working that you would like to address?

Hao Sun 21 Reputation points

2021-03-29T03:38:40.163+00:00

If I run cmd as administrator and call python 3.8 setup.py python runs without admin privileges and cannot do the setup properly. I would like to change that.
Jason Sandys 31,406 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2021-03-29T03:44:18.6+00:00

How do you know this is the issue?

All child processes inherit the token and thus privileges of the process that launched them which are based on the user that launched them.

Ultimately, this has nothing to do with Intune though, so I'm removing the Intune tag and adding a Windows 10 tag.

Answer 2

Hao Sun 21

I reran using subprocess.call(['python.exe', 'setup.py', 'install']) following https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19672352/how-to-run-python-script-with-elevated-privilege-on-windows rather than python setup.py install and things worked

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2021-03-31T07:33:07.823+00:00

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Hao Sun 21 Reputation points

2021-03-31T15:46:08.623+00:00

The thing is I would like python to be able to inherit admin privileges by default rather than this somewhat adhoc solution.
Jason Sandys 31,406 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2021-03-31T16:19:18.637+00:00

As noted, that still doesn't make sense. That's not how permissions and privileges work. Processes run in a user-context and thus gain the permissions and privileges of the user that launched them. You cannot individually assign them to a process or application.

Based on the StackOverflow you linked to, your actual request here is to launch a child process (or script) using Python in an elevated context. That requires you to add code to your Python script to elevate the privileges of the user, assuming they are local admins already or to launch the Python interpreter elevated in the first place.
Hao Sun 21 Reputation points

2021-03-31T16:24:22.17+00:00

I launched VS code in admin mode but I still get privilege errors for some reason same thing if I launch cmd in admin mode and call python from it.

I don't know why this is the case and I would like to change it.
To clarify I would like it so if I launch VS code or another editor in admin mode and run python the script runs with elevated privileges automatically.
Jason Sandys 31,406 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2021-03-31T16:31:58.227+00:00

Without directly looking at what you're doing, not much can be said, but I do this all the time (not with Python but with PowerShell and VBScript using VSCode and PowerShell ISE) without issues.
Hao Sun 21 Reputation points

2021-03-31T16:45:00.993+00:00

I've been told on the Gurobi forums thats its due to privileges for windows apps folder and that

When you have Python installed to your Program Files directory it requires admin privileges to add new packages. In addition, the WindowsApps folder is one of the most heavily protected folders. The usual methods of taking ownership and assigning permissions are not enough for this folder.

I currently have python installed through windows app store if that makes a difference.
Jason Sandys 31,406 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2021-03-31T16:57:51.157+00:00

ACLs configured on files and folders have nothing to do with the permissions and privileges a process is launched with.

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