Access denied using Py2exe

Question

I'm using Py2exe to create an executable as a windows service.

When I run the script I get this error:

File "C:\TeamCity\buildAgent\work\582d895bd5b431ac\winpython\WinPython-32bit-2.7.3.3\python-2.7.3\lib\site-packages\py2exe\build_exe.py", line 860, in build_executable add_resource(ensure_unicode(exe_path), script_bytes, u"PYTHONSCRIPT", 1, True) RuntimeError: EndUpdateResource: Access is denied.

This is the call to py2exe:

    setup(
    name = NAME,
    description = DESCRIPTION,
    version = '1.0.133.43',
    service = [{'modules':["ServiceLauncher"], 'cmdline':'pywin32'}],
    zipfile=None,
    options = {
        "py2exe":{"packages":"encodings",
                  "includes":"win32com,win32service,win32serviceutil,win32event",
                  "excludes":"libiomp5md.dll"
        },
        },
    )

The problem occurs only on the build machine, it runs fine on my dev pc.

I've tried to set Full Control to everyone on the work folder, but it doesn't work.

Any idea?

Thank you.

Answer 1

After two days investigating we found a solution with the help of the IT staff.

The issue arise when py2exe try to modify the executable adding metadata and\or icon.

The root cause? Simple... ANTIVIRUS.

It considers that operation a threat and cause the Access Denied error.

Thank you all!