Re: File Owner and Group ID on Windows

[Juanma Barranquero]

On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 18:37, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:

> And what about the similar code in w32_system_process_attributes? does
> it work for the Emacs process?  If it does, perhaps we need to open
> the current process the same way we do there, and ask for
> PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION and PROCESS_VM_READ types of access.  Can
> you check that?

(assq 'euid (system-process-attributes) (emacs-pid)) => (euid . 1006)

> Also, do you know if this ever worked for you?  I don't think this
> code was changed since May.

I've checked out and tested at several points around your May changes,
and in all of them (user-uid) => 123, so I suppose it never worked.

> Finally, what kind of a machine is this failing on? is it a standalone
> workstation or a machine behind a domain server?

It's a standalone workstation (a laptop, not connected to anything
other than the cable modem). OS is Windows XP Home Edition, SP3.

   Juanma