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Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:20:34 +0200
From: Cyrille Lefevre <cyrille.lefevre-lists@laposte.net>
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Le 06/04/2011 19:39, Daniel Colascione a =C3=A9crit :
> On 4/6/2011 1:26 AM, Andy Koppe wrote:
>> - Native symbolic links require administrator privileges and aren't
>> available at all before Vista.
>
> They don't require administrator privilege per se: just
> SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege, which can be granted to normal user
> accounts via local security policy. The easiest way to grant
> SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege is to start gpedit.msc, go down to
> "Windows Settings"->"Security Settings"->"Local Policies"->"User Rights
> Assignment", then find "Create symbolic links" and add whatever users
> and groups you want[1].

unfortunatelly, gpedit.msc isn't available under Windows Vista Home Edition.

however, cygwin provide editright for that purpose, don't remember the=20
windows counterpart ?

editrights -a SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege -a user
should work...

Regards,

Cyrille Lefevre
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