IZ2704: on Windows, the installation should check if the installing user is really the Administrator

[pollinger]

[Imported from gridengine issuezilla ​http://gridengine.sunsource.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2704]

        Issue #:      2704             Platform:     PC           Reporter: pollinger (pollinger)
       Component:     gridengine          OS:        Windows XP
     Subcomponent:    install          Version:      6.2             CC:    None defined
        Status:       NEW              Priority:     P4
      Resolution:                     Issue type:    DEFECT
                                   Target milestone: ---
      Assigned to:    dom (dom)
      QA Contact:     dom
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       * Summary:     on Windows, the installation should check if the installing user is really the Administrator
   Status whiteboard:
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   Opened: Thu Aug 28 04:23:00 -0700 2008 
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On Windows the installer should check if the installing user is the local
Administrator with UID 197108, and not just a member of the Administrators
group. Installing the Execd as a member of the Administrators group (or as the
Domain Administrator or a member of the Domain Administrators group) is a
typical error because on Windows, all these users have the necessary permissions
to install a service. On Interix, this is not the case, because Interix is a
POSIX subsystem and POSIX allows only one "Superuser", which is the local
Administrator.

As it is possible to install Grid Engine as a "normal" user, too, of course the
installer may perform this check only in case of a root or admin user system.