how to give admin perms in python code example
Example 1: how to run python script as admin
import ctypes, sys
def is_admin():
try:
return ctypes.windll.shell32.IsUserAnAdmin()
except:
return False
if is_admin():
else:
ctypes.windll.shell32.ShellExecuteW(None, "runas", sys.executable, " ".join(sys.argv), None, 1)
Example 2: python is running as administrator
import ctypes, os
def isAdmin():
""" Return True/Flase """
try:
is_admin = (os.getuid() == 0)
except AttributeError:
is_admin = ctypes.windll.shell32.IsUserAnAdmin() != 0
return is_admin