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authorfireice-uk <fireice-uk@users.noreply.github.com>2017-12-08 11:04:07 +0000
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2017-12-08 11:04:07 +0000
commit99b681453aa7b0e34b211b629f810b2de27e69a7 (patch)
treea075394183a42a05283a58897ff337abfbd54360 /xmrstak/cli/cli-miner.cpp
parent28fc6b475668041bd12f21dd2eec798dbb388111 (diff)
parent62a13f03d4dfcab48ce153f733001dc796b96dcb (diff)
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Merge pull request #305 from psychocrypt/topic-optionalUACDialog
allow to diable UAC dialog
Diffstat (limited to 'xmrstak/cli/cli-miner.cpp')
-rw-r--r--xmrstak/cli/cli-miner.cpp57
1 files changed, 57 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/xmrstak/cli/cli-miner.cpp b/xmrstak/cli/cli-miner.cpp
index 06acaea..546d226 100644
--- a/xmrstak/cli/cli-miner.cpp
+++ b/xmrstak/cli/cli-miner.cpp
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ void help()
cout<<" -v, --version show version number"<<endl;
cout<<" -V, --version-long show long version number"<<endl;
cout<<" -c, --config FILE common miner configuration file"<<endl;
+#ifdef _WIN32
+ cout<<" --noUAC disable the UAC dialog"<<endl;
+#endif
#if (!defined(CONF_NO_AEON)) && (!defined(CONF_NO_MONERO))
cout<<" --currency NAME currency to mine: monero or aeon"<<endl;
#endif
@@ -269,6 +272,41 @@ void do_guided_config(bool userSetPasswd)
std::cout<<"Configuration stored in file '"<<params::inst().configFile<<"'"<<std::endl;
}
+#ifdef _WIN32
+/** start the miner as administrator
+ *
+ * This function based on the stackoverflow post
+ * - source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/4893508
+ * - author: Cody Gray
+ * - date: Feb 4 '11
+ */
+void UACDialog(const std::string& binaryName, std::string& args)
+{
+ args += " --noUAC";
+ SHELLEXECUTEINFO shExInfo = {0};
+ shExInfo.cbSize = sizeof(shExInfo);
+ shExInfo.fMask = SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS;
+ shExInfo.hwnd = 0;
+ shExInfo.lpVerb = "runas";
+ shExInfo.lpFile = binaryName.c_str();
+ // disable UAC dialog (else the miner will go into a infinite loop)
+ shExInfo.lpParameters = args.c_str();
+ shExInfo.lpDirectory = 0;
+ shExInfo.nShow = SW_SHOW;
+ shExInfo.hInstApp = 0;
+
+ if(ShellExecuteEx(&shExInfo))
+ {
+ printer::inst()->print_msg(L0,
+ "This window has been opened because xmr-stak needed to run as administrator. It can be safely closed now.");
+ WaitForSingleObject(shExInfo.hProcess, INFINITE);
+ CloseHandle(shExInfo.hProcess);
+ // do not start the miner twice
+ std::exit(0);
+ }
+}
+#endif
+
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
#ifndef CONF_NO_TLS
@@ -302,6 +340,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
}
bool userSetPasswd = false;
+ bool uacDialog = true;
for(int i = 1; i < argc; ++i)
{
std::string opName(argv[i]);
@@ -424,6 +463,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
}
params::inst().configFile = argv[i];
}
+ else if(opName.compare("--noUAC") == 0)
+ {
+ uacDialog = false;
+ }
else
{
printer::inst()->print_msg(L0, "Parameter unknown '%s'",argv[i]);
@@ -432,6 +475,20 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
}
}
+#ifdef _WIN32
+ if(uacDialog)
+ {
+ std::string minerArgs;
+ for(int i = 1; i < argc; i++)
+ {
+ minerArgs += " ";
+ minerArgs += argv[i];
+ }
+
+ UACDialog(argv[0], minerArgs);
+ }
+#endif
+
// check if we need a guided start
if(!configEditor::file_exist(params::inst().configFile))
do_guided_config(userSetPasswd);
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