[python-win32] WMI Security Access?

[Jan Van Uytven (Wyvern)]

I'm trying to use wmi to 'catch' events as they are being sent to the
event log.

>>> import wmi
>>> c=wmi.WMI()
>>> event_watcher=c.watch_for
(notification_type="Creation",wmi_class="Win32_NTLogEvent")
C:\Python23\lib\site-packages\wmi.py:126: FutureWarning: hex()/oct() of
negative int will return a signed string in Python 2.4 and up
  exception_string = ["%s - %s" % (hex (hresult_code), hresult_name)]
C:\Python23\lib\site-packages\wmi.py:130: FutureWarning: hex()/oct() of
negative int will return a signed string in Python 2.4 and up
  exception_string.append ("  %s - %s" % (hex (scode),
error_description.strip ()))
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<interactive input>", line 1, in ?
  File "C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\wmi.py", line 658, in watch_for
    handle_com_error (error_info)
  File "C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\wmi.py", line 131, in
handle_com_error
    raise x_wmi, "\n".join (exception_string)
x_wmi: 0x80020009 - Exception occurred.
  Error in: SWbemServicesEx
  0x80041003 - Access denied
>>> 

What is causing this issue? I have it when logged in as a domain admin
on XP Pro or as 'computer administrator' on XP Home, but not when logged
in as an administrator on a Windows 2003 server.

Can someone shed light on this? 

Thanks,

Jan


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Jan Van Uytven
Computer Systems & Network Engineer
Convergent Media Network
wyvern at crm3.com


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