#320: cooperation with Windows Vista's User Access Control
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Reporter: Toxaris | Owner:
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.4.0.1
Severity: normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Difficulty: normal
Ghcversion: 6.8.2 | Platform: Windows
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Comment (by br1):
In my opinion, things should be left as they are. Requiring running cabal
from an elevated cmd.exe is the right way. There are sudo like tools for
Vista, for example:
http://www.wintellect.com/cs/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2007/03/27/elevate-a
-process-at-the-command-line-in-vista.aspx
If the user is non admin, he installed GHC outside Program Files. He
can't run Cabal if it requires elevated permissions.
If the user IS an admin, he still may have installed GHC outside Program
Files. UAC prompts are unnecessary and annoying.
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/320#comment:3>
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