[New-bugs-announce] [issue2232] Current os.tmpfile() implementation requires admin privs on Vista/2k8.

[Trent Nelson]

New submission from Trent Nelson:

posix_tmpfile() needs to be reworked such that tmpfile() isn't used if 
MS_WINDOWS is defined, as it requires administrative privileges to run 
(it creates the file in the root directory) on Vista/2k8 (although 
there are reports of this not working on XP w/ 2.5: 
http://www.thescripts.com/forum/thread600423.html).

The recommended approach in MSDN is to use, quote, "tmpname or tempnam 
in conjunction with fopen": http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/x8x7sakw(VS.80).aspx

Assuming no one beats me to it, I'll look at creating a patch in the 
next day or two when I get some spare time.

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components: Windows
messages: 63254
nosy: Trent.Nelson
severity: normal
status: open
title: Current os.tmpfile() implementation requires admin privs on Vista/2k8.
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.6

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