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Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/logging/handlers.py')
-rw-r--r-- | Lib/logging/handlers.py | 11 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/logging/handlers.py b/Lib/logging/handlers.py index 32c04202c5..f0fdedae5e 100644 --- a/Lib/logging/handlers.py +++ b/Lib/logging/handlers.py @@ -1098,7 +1098,16 @@ class NTEventLogHandler(logging.Handler): dllname = os.path.join(dllname[0], r'win32service.pyd') self.dllname = dllname self.logtype = logtype - self._welu.AddSourceToRegistry(appname, dllname, logtype) + # Administrative privileges are required to add a source to the registry. + # This may not be available for a user that just wants to add to an + # existing source - handle this specific case. + try: + self._welu.AddSourceToRegistry(appname, dllname, logtype) + except Exception as e: + # This will probably be a pywintypes.error. Only raise if it's not + # an "access denied" error, else let it pass + if getattr(e, 'winerror', None) != 5: # not access denied + raise self.deftype = win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_ERROR_TYPE self.typemap = { logging.DEBUG : win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_INFORMATION_TYPE, |