On 5 Dec 2013 at 1:14, Bjørn Roald wrote:
Incorrect. You can create them if the calling uid has the SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege. Granting this to all logged in users in the system is trivially achieved, and is one of the first things I do on any new Windows install.
Do you need admin privileges to grant SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege to users?
You need admin privs to change privilege assignments, yes. It's a once off though. Note that proposed Boost.AFIO fully understands symlinks on both Windows and POSIX, and it's written using the NT kernel API instead of Win32 so it'll be much more portable across Windows implementations. If you need appropriate symlink handling code for Windows, AFIO is good place to mine it from. Niall -- Currently unemployed and looking for work. Work Portfolio: http://careers.stackoverflow.com/nialldouglas/