commit 2b42d288c08bdfd0fc3402fa118d91a1aebdb655
author Renaud Paquay <rpaquay@google.com> Mon Oct 01 14:59:48 2018 -0700
committer Renaud Paquay <rpaquay@google.com> Wed Oct 03 09:41:09 2018 -0700
tree 47e8605380a0ea76c5da92cf461b798a8c59ab25
parent e469a0c741832f6584513f4a382d6b93f417b8d2

Windows: Add support for creating symlinks as an unprivileged user

See https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2016/12/02/symlinks-windows-10/
for announcement of new flag.

This change follow the same pattern as what was done in "go":
https://github.com/golang/go/pull/24307/files#diff-b87bc12e4da2497308f9ef746086e4f0

Change-Id: If1e99fefdd3f787598e695731019c34b9bfcd1c2

platform_utils_win32.py

diff --git a/platform_utils_win32.py b/platform_utils_win32.py
index fe76b3d..a643121 100644
--- a/platform_utils_win32.py
+++ b/platform_utils_win32.py
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
 # Symbolic link creation flags
 SYMBOLIC_LINK_FLAG_FILE = 0x00
 SYMBOLIC_LINK_FLAG_DIRECTORY = 0x01
+# symlink support for CreateSymbolicLink() starting with Windows 10 (1703, v10.0.14972)
+SYMBOLIC_LINK_FLAG_ALLOW_UNPRIVILEGED_CREATE = 0x02
 
 GetFileAttributesW = kernel32.GetFileAttributesW
 GetFileAttributesW.restype = DWORD
@@ -147,15 +149,21 @@
   # On success, the function returns "1".
   # On error, the function returns some random value (e.g. 1280).
   # The best bet seems to use "GetLastError" and check for error/success.
-  CreateSymbolicLinkW(link_name, source, dwFlags)
+  CreateSymbolicLinkW(link_name, source, dwFlags | SYMBOLIC_LINK_FLAG_ALLOW_UNPRIVILEGED_CREATE)
   code = get_last_error()
   if code != ERROR_SUCCESS:
-    error_desc = FormatError(code).strip()
-    if code == ERROR_PRIVILEGE_NOT_HELD:
-      raise OSError(errno.EPERM, error_desc, link_name)
-    _raise_winerror(
-        code,
-        'Error creating symbolic link \"%s\"'.format(link_name))
+    # See https://github.com/golang/go/pull/24307/files#diff-b87bc12e4da2497308f9ef746086e4f0
+    # "the unprivileged create flag is unsupported below Windows 10 (1703, v10.0.14972).
+    # retry without it."
+    CreateSymbolicLinkW(link_name, source, dwFlags)
+    code = get_last_error()
+    if code != ERROR_SUCCESS:
+      error_desc = FormatError(code).strip()
+      if code == ERROR_PRIVILEGE_NOT_HELD:
+        raise OSError(errno.EPERM, error_desc, link_name)
+      _raise_winerror(
+          code,
+          'Error creating symbolic link \"%s\"'.format(link_name))
 
 
 def islink(path):