[PATCH setup 06/11] Enable SeCreateSymbolicLink privilege

Corinna Vinschen corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com
Wed Aug 11 08:46:50 GMT 2021


On Aug 10 18:02, Jon Turney wrote:
> I'm not sure if SeCreateSymbolicLink privilege can get removed by UAC
> filtering, but to make sure to enable it, if we can.

I'm not sure this is required.  This is one of the privileges which is
enabled automatically on usage if it's present in the token and not
marked as "deny only".  UAC removes the privilege entirely from the
token, so you can't enable it in that case.


Corinna


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