Must Condor run as Administrator under Windows XP?

[Roger Worden]

The Condor support guys haven't ansered any of my emails for a week. Noone
on the Codor forum has tacked this question, either. So RAS Condor pilots:
does anyone know the answer to this question?

I'd like to run Condor from a non-administrator "limited user" ID under
Windows XP. It gets an error upon startup unless the user is an
administrator. I'd like to use it on a shared PC for training purposes, and
don't want students to be able to change the system, so I want them to sign
on to a "limited" user ID.

[Paul Remde]

Hi Roger,

I'm not sure what to suggest. I have a "the rest of the family" desktop PC
in my office that is running Windows Vista. I have Condor installed on my
son's account and it is working fine for him even though he is not setup as
an administrator.

Paul Remde

"Roger Worden" > wrote in message
...
> The Condor support guys haven't ansered any of my emails for a week. Noone
> on the Codor forum has tacked this question, either. So RAS Condor pilots:
> does anyone know the answer to this question?
>
> I'd like to run Condor from a non-administrator "limited user" ID under
> Windows XP. It gets an error upon startup unless the user is an
> administrator. I'd like to use it on a shared PC for training purposes,
> and don't want students to be able to change the system, so I want them to
> sign on to a "limited" user ID.
>

[Shawn[_5_]]

Roger Worden wrote:
> The Condor support guys haven't ansered any of my emails for a week. Noone
> on the Codor forum has tacked this question, either. So RAS Condor pilots:
> does anyone know the answer to this question?
>
> I'd like to run Condor from a non-administrator "limited user" ID under
> Windows XP. It gets an error upon startup unless the user is an
> administrator. I'd like to use it on a shared PC for training purposes, and
> don't want students to be able to change the system, so I want them to sign
> on to a "limited" user ID.

I run Condor as a non-administrator user on an Intel Mac booting XP.
IIRC, the software had to be loaded in the administrator window, but it
runs fine for my limited user account. Sorry I can't help you sort out
why it's not working for you. When I have problems with XP I flail
around on the keyboard until it starts working again.


Shawn

[noel.wade]

On Jun 22, 10:31*pm, "Roger Worden" > wrote:

> I'd like to run Condor from a non-administrator "limited user" ID under
> Windows XP. It gets an error upon startup unless the user is an
> administrator. I'd like to use it on a shared PC for training purposes, and
> don't want students to be able to change the system, so I want them to sign
> on to a "limited" user ID.

Roger -

Sounds like perhaps some of the files or folders don't have the proper
permissions.

A "restricted user" in XP can execute any program that they have
permissions to access, but they cannot install or update programs; and
they cannot change Windows files. Condor isn't trying to do any of
those things, so my next best guess would be that it is a file
permissions issue.

If you aren't worried about this limited user doing anything malicious
to the Condor program / files, try this:

As the Administrator, open up "My Computer" or the File Explorer and
browse to the base directory where Condor was installed (usually
something like "C:\Program Files\Condor").
Right-click on this main Condor folder and choose "Properties".
Click on the "Security" tab at the top.
Click the "Add..." button.
Type in the user name of the account you want to grant access to
(clicking the "Check Names" button is a good idea). Then click "OK".
Now click on the new user name in the list, and down under the
"Permissions" area, make sure "Modify" and "Read & Execute" are
selected (having others selected is OK - but "Full Control" is not
advisable or necessary).
Click the "Advanced" tab.
Highlight the new user again in the "Permission Entries" area.
Check the box at the bottom of the window that says "Replace
permission entries on all child objects..."
Click the "Apply" button.
Click "Yes" if prompted with a warning.
Wait for the permissions settings to be applied (may take a minute or
two).
Click on the "OK" buttons until all the security & properties windows
go away.
Log off.
Log on as the restricted user and give it a try!

Take care,

--Noel

[Roger Worden]

OK, thanks for the tips. As long as I know it CAN be done, I'll press on and
figure it out. I tried a few permissions tweaks and then figured I'd check
to see if there was a known issue.


"noel.wade" > wrote in message
...
On Jun 22, 10:31 pm, "Roger Worden" > wrote:

> I'd like to run Condor from a non-administrator "limited user" ID under
> Windows XP. It gets an error upon startup unless the user is an
> administrator. I'd like to use it on a shared PC for training purposes,
> and
> don't want students to be able to change the system, so I want them to
> sign
> on to a "limited" user ID.

Roger -

Sounds like perhaps some of the files or folders don't have the proper
permissions.

A "restricted user" in XP can execute any program that they have
permissions to access, but they cannot install or update programs; and
they cannot change Windows files. Condor isn't trying to do any of
those things, so my next best guess would be that it is a file
permissions issue.

If you aren't worried about this limited user doing anything malicious
to the Condor program / files, try this:

As the Administrator, open up "My Computer" or the File Explorer and
browse to the base directory where Condor was installed (usually
something like "C:\Program Files\Condor").
Right-click on this main Condor folder and choose "Properties".
Click on the "Security" tab at the top.
Click the "Add..." button.
Type in the user name of the account you want to grant access to
(clicking the "Check Names" button is a good idea). Then click "OK".
Now click on the new user name in the list, and down under the
"Permissions" area, make sure "Modify" and "Read & Execute" are
selected (having others selected is OK - but "Full Control" is not
advisable or necessary).
Click the "Advanced" tab.
Highlight the new user again in the "Permission Entries" area.
Check the box at the bottom of the window that says "Replace
permission entries on all child objects..."
Click the "Apply" button.
Click "Yes" if prompted with a warning.
Wait for the permissions settings to be applied (may take a minute or
two).
Click on the "OK" buttons until all the security & properties windows
go away.
Log off.
Log on as the restricted user and give it a try!

Take care,

--Noel