From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1VvnOi-0007Vj-EA for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Dec 2013 07:17:12 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39320) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VvnOb-0007VT-3o for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Dec 2013 07:17:10 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VvnOV-0007uT-OR for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Dec 2013 07:17:05 -0500 Received: from mail-ee0-x232.google.com ([2a00:1450:4013:c00::232]:59323) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VvnOV-0007uI-Gc for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Dec 2013 07:16:59 -0500 Received: by mail-ee0-f50.google.com with SMTP id c41so3231568eek.23 for ; Wed, 25 Dec 2013 04:16:58 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type; bh=5IVb6OVtoTlLornJADf66OQvz59YeCcIibLKWHycoKc=; b=JNX05VSM/SJoqwdESX70Sw1bAaq1YtFY1YBFVQRlrcyWQClTlk5M0xioYKbJ75S4wm 5UpAmaVCirZOE198ua19qZr6UqBwZr1yacAgrTnuZ01rtfZTKen1v+uijCTvDSJgIy/w SrOknlc8FfYdCq7U9u8nINvyTvzjTspqCXdnZoPmCwQAcei+cMx6TUtH6fdUHU5O+dfh 5iJBK+Nh9K4MZU2wPEao9SuPrp+jGy+A75siEIvp0yWv5nW+/T8vmr+7RylfAvIu01zI ZZ8yUrjSDg/eNQtRpARjRuMP2Qtna1MQhNw7hEHgRJBEJkA9Xwt1V/FqMTglkmoi5n1+ 7Reg== X-Received: by 10.14.251.132 with SMTP id b4mr2603222ees.78.1387973818066; Wed, 25 Dec 2013 04:16:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.16] (85-188.196-178.cust.bluewin.ch. [178.196.188.85]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id o47sm63453380eem.21.2013.12.25.04.16.56 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 25 Dec 2013 04:16:56 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <52BACCB2.3020507@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2013 13:16:50 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?B?VmxhZGltaXIgJ8+GLWNvZGVyL3BoY29kZXInIFNlcmJpbmVua28=?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20131103 Icedove/17.0.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GNU GRUB Subject: Re: grub tools and Windows UAC References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.6 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="vtb7OvQs1TO2okKSx5Pw6DB18UlB6P99l" X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4013:c00::232 X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2013 12:17:10 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --vtb7OvQs1TO2okKSx5Pw6DB18UlB6P99l Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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. >=20 > May be grub should check for privilege elevation status and refuse to > run if it is not sufficient. >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > Grub-devel@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel >=20 --vtb7OvQs1TO2okKSx5Pw6DB18UlB6P99l Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.15 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Icedove - http://www.enigmail.net/ iF4EAREKAAYFAlK6zLcACgkQmBXlbbo5nOvxMgD/eZ/cG/K7qV1sKLJWx38MPggi b2uEhbN9YPPCHL11mhcBAJD1QOyuYgf0MJi5nQBeajfgKgiAtA3qgQblldY9BsJW =6gVn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --vtb7OvQs1TO2okKSx5Pw6DB18UlB6P99l--