loading a symbol into microsoft xp registry by remote logon server
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Date: 02/20/04
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Date: 20 Feb 2004 07:06:51 -0800
I would like to be able to add environment symbols to the Microsoft XP
registry. I tried the example in the Python Cookbook by Orielly by
running the script locally and it worked fine. Although I noticed
that even though the symbol showed immediatedly in the registry by
viewing with regedit but not via a new dos command console, thus, I am
forced to reboot to make it 'lock in'. Is this normal?
My wish is to have the script invoked in the start-up script when a
person logs into a network, that, will populate the logging on
machines registry with the desired symbols. The Python.exe is on
another server (not the password verification server).
I do not want to place python.exe on every machine that needs symbols
loaded.
The symbols do not get loaded when I login to the network server.
The network machine is a Windows NT server.
First, in the logon script located on the network server I map a drive
to the server containing the python.exe
NET USE z: \\heimdall\
Then I next execute in the logon script the python script as:
z:\python_2.3.2\python.exe z:\QA\env.py
Do I need to use a drive letter mapping, or can I use a URL syntax in
NT?
Enclosed is the code I am executing in env.py, minus the imports:
What am I missing?
Can this be done?
Do I have correct priviledges in the logon script at this time?
# ***************************************************
# Set a System Environment Symbol on a local machine
# c : a computers name \\theComputer
# k : the symbol key
# v : data payload of the symbol value
def setSystemRegistrySymbol(c,k,v):
print "Setting symbol on machine: " + c + " with symbol : " + k +
"=" + v
x = _winreg.ConnectRegistry(c,_winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE)
y = _winreg.OpenKey(x,
r"SYSTEM\CurrentCOntrolSet\Control\Session
Manager\Environment",
0,
_winreg.KEY_ALL_ACCESS)
_winreg.SetValueEx(y,k,0,_winreg.REG_EXPAND_SZ,v)
_winreg.CloseKey(x)
_winreg.CloseKey(y)
machine = r'\\myMachinesName'
setSystemRegistrySymbol(machine,"QA_BUILD",'\\\\Heimdall\\Firmware\\QA\\')
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