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Permission Denied when installed via --scope machine
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Description
Brief description of your issue
Tried installing zoxide via winget install --scope machine ajeetdsouza.zoxide via PowerShell and git-bash.
Both resulted in this error bash: /c/Program Files/WinGet/Links/zoxide: Permission denied when run by another non admin user.
If i manually add the Users principal here it works.
Steps to reproduce
- Open a Admin Windows Terminal or use an Admin Account
- Run
winget install --scope machine ajeetdsouza.zoxidevia PowerShell or git-bash - Open a non admin Windows Terminal on a non Admin Account
- Try to run
zoxidevia PowerShell or git-bash
Expected behavior
The package installed via scope should be runnable by all users
Actual behavior
in git-bash:
bash: /c/Program Files/WinGet/Links/zoxide: Permission denied
in PowerShell
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> zoxide
Fehler beim Ausführen des Programms "zoxide.exe": Der angegebenen Datei ist keine Anwendung zugeordnetIn Zeile:1
Zeichen:1
+ zoxide
+ ~~~~~~.
In Zeile:1 Zeichen:1
+ zoxide
+ ~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ResourceUnavailable: (:) [], ApplicationFailedException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandFailed
Environment
Windows-Paket-Manager v1.6.3482
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Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.22631.3155
Systemarchitektur: X64
Paket: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.21.3482.0
WinGet-Verzeichnisse
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Protokolle %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\DiagOutputDir
Benutzereinstellungen %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\settings.json
Verzeichnis für portierbare Links (Benutzer) %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Links
Portables Linkverzeichnis (Computer) C:\Program Files\WinGet\Links
Portierbarer Paketstamm (Benutzer) %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages
Portierbarer Paketstamm C:\Program Files\WinGet\Packages
Portierbares Paketstamm (x86) C:\Program Files (x86)\WinGet\Packages
Installationsprogrammdownloads D:\Users\Arbeit\Downloads
Links
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Datenschutzerklärung https://aka.ms/winget-privacy
Lizenzvereinbarung https://aka.ms/winget-license
Hinweise von Drittanbietern https://aka.ms/winget-3rdPartyNotice
Startseite https://aka.ms/winget
Windows Store-Nutzungsbedingungen https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/storedocs/terms-of-sale
Administratoreinstellung Status
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LocalManifestFiles Deaktiviert
BypassCertificatePinningForMicrosoftStore Deaktiviert
InstallerHashOverride Deaktiviert
LocalArchiveMalwareScanOverride Deaktiviert
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Research direction
Start by reproducing winget install --scope machine ajeetdsouza.zoxide as an administrator, then inspect access permissions for C:\Program Files\WinGet\Links and the installed portable package as a non-admin user. Done means the installed zoxide command runs successfully for another non-admin user in both PowerShell and git-bash.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- bash, cpp, powershell
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems, security
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 52/100