Hi Jon,
I am using windows server 2012 R2. Disabling UAC doesn't seem like a good
idea, specially with my automation scripts on a regular basis. I am
connecting via admin account obviously but that doesn't seem to be enough
for making a symlink. I will have to start a command shell using 'Run as
admin'.
On Thursday, 11 February 2016 22:15:19 UTC+5:30, J Hawkesworth wrote:
>
> Obviously you will need to connect as an Administrator user.
>
> You don't mention which version of windows you are controlling but you may
> just need to temporarily disable UAC prompt for Administrator users.
>
> On Server 2012 the setting for this is in
>
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
> ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin
> 0
>
> set it back to 2 to restore current default behaviour.
>
> Hope this helps. I have not used mklink though.
>
> Jon
>
>
>
> On Thursday, 11 February 2016 14:47:40 UTC, ishan jain wrote:
>>
>> I am trying to make a lot symbolic links for my directories and files and
>> manually i use mklink command to make them. Oddly enough, this command
>> requires admin level privileges to create links.
>>
>> How can i use mklink via ansible with admin privileges to create symbolic
>> links ?
>>
>
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