#1038: v.surf.rst fails in Windows 7 with "Access is denied"
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Reporter: marisn | Owner: grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: critical | Milestone: 6.4.0
Component: Vector | Version: 6.4.0 RCs
Keywords: | Platform: MSWindows 7
Cpu: Unspecified |
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Today one of my students got hit by Windows 7 permission issue. (IIRC it
also applies to XP/Vista)
Launching v.surf.rst from WxGUI fails with "Access is denied".
Problem was solved by allowing User to modify "C:\Program Files\GRASS..."
folder and it's contents. Still it's not an option, as User might not have
rights to change access restrictions in "Program Files" also it's a BAD
design to write anything in "Program Files" during normal usage.
{{{
> >
>>
>> [*] ... can someone test if 6.4's v.surf.rst works on XP/Vista/7?
>
>we have been running it all semester on XP/Vista/7 without any
complaints,
>but I would have to specifically
>check who actually ran it with GRASS installed under Program Files.
tested with the nightly-build WinGRASS-6.4.SVN-r42075-1-Setup.exe
(installed in c:\Program Files\ in WinVista32) and the example from the
manual:
Spearfish example (we simulate randomly distributed elevation measures):
# interpolation based on all points
v.surf.rst elevrand zcol=value elev=elev_full
r.colors elev_full rast=elevation.10m
d.rast elev_full
d.vect elevrand
# interpolation based on subset of points (only those over 1300m/asl)
v.surf.rst elevrand zcol=value elev=elev_partial where="value > 1300"
r.colors elev_partial rast=elevation.10m
d.rast elev_partial
d.vect elevrand where="value > 1300"
v.surf.rst is working.
}}}
tried with the spearfish-example in the wx-gui-command-line and also the
wx-gui for v.surf.rst in a WinVista32-box (Grass64 installed in the
default c:\Program Files\ without any modifications).
* status: new => closed
* resolution: => worksforme
Comment:
I have no access to Windows 7, as problem was on one of my students
laptops. Tested on Vista with account without write permission to GISBASE
and everything was working fine.