From: "Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko" <phcoder@gmail.com>
To: The development of GNU GRUB <grub-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: grub tools and Windows UAC
Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2013 13:16:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <52BACCB2.3020507@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAA91j0VpJmP-=NiMoH0gDbSTmpBr=_+S9hMDvBy-2WjwMJyUzA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 25.12.2013 12:11, Andrey Borzenkov wrote:
> If UAC is enabled, running grub-install (and probably others too - did
> not try) will request privilege elevation; but then process is
> re-launched in separate window and disappears after it is finished.
> This makes even reading help impossible.
I think that the cause of it is get_default_platform which uses
get_efi_variable to check for EFI. Perhaps we should check privileges
and assume BIOS if get_default_platform is run just for the help.
>
> May be grub should check for privilege elevation status and refuse to
> run if it is not sufficient.
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-12-25 12:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-12-25 11:11 grub tools and Windows UAC Andrey Borzenkov
2013-12-25 12:16 ` Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko [this message]
2013-12-26 3:09 ` Andrey Borzenkov
2013-12-29 16:55 ` Andrey Borzenkov
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