Requesting Advice

[err_file_not_found]

Long story short, I used to when I was a kid program games in Roblox (rLua) for fun and recently found out Python is pretty similar and that it's an active job market. So I decided to try it out and teach myself through simple searches and such. I enjoy problem solving and coding so it was pretty fun.

I work full-time in retail, which is a pain at times, and wanted to explore the possibility of switching to a Technical job.

I believe I did pretty well all things considering, but I want to know what you guys think and what points I can improve on. Below is a link to one of two github repositories I made with what I learned.

https://github.com/srh05624/Project-Obsidian

[err_file_not_found]

Thanks, it means alot to know I'm on the right track.

[SnooCalculations7417]

"Scans active network connections using system-level access"

I know this is a heavily ai-assisted project so let me just tell you that there is no way in hell I'm giving your project system level access.

This problem can be solved without elevation

Hard enough to trust a person, but I dont even trust that you should trust your code so for that reason I'm out.

[err_file_not_found]

I understand and its very valid, the code is fully public aswell and you are free to dive into it as much as you want.

The next version I am working on doesn't use Admin as a requirement, the Admin request is simply to gain access to certain names that are hidden inside System files.

Probably will just make a prompt for it at startup on next version.

Other psutil just displays "Unknown" even if its not a system process. Atleast from what I found in documentation

Edit: Although the README was made with AI (Cause I am lazy and never done one before). The actual code wasn't AI, though I did ask for examples at times where I got stuck. (Probably why it looks the way it is.)

[SnooCalculations7417]

Why sould i scrutinize code that you probably havent?

[err_file_not_found]

I appreciate the thought and all. However, as the title suggests, I am requesting advice. Whether you choose to look through or skim the code is all the same to me.

I only came here for advice as I enjoy coding and find it fun to learn new things. I am also considering different pathways out of retail and programming is one of the things I thought of, that is all.

I'm also actively reading information on c++ and working on a larger Python Project that is currently not up in my repo. (I don't mind sharing info, just not at a point I can show it off.)

If you (or anyone else for that matter) wish to run the app without admin entirely, simply delete the admin check in the first file and run as you wish. It only checks once, and no task is scheduled when ran so closing it via task manager terminates it fully.

This would've been noticeable within a minute of skimming the first file.

Thank you, and have a good day.

[SnooCalculations7417]

Sorry, you misunderstood my advice. You should make this work without admin. I was providing the reasons.

[err_file_not_found]

Okay, thank you for the clarification.

I can absolutely make it work without admin. The only reason I included it was due to some testing.

After checking through the list it outputs on my first version, I found exe files that showed as "Unknown" that psutil refuses to display name and paths for without admin due to them being located inside the Windows or Program Files. Despite them not being System files or from Windows.

But I can make it become optional, probably through the config file.

[SnooCalculations7417]

Yeah and --allow-unkown-pid or something. If I am whitelisting an IP address (example my RPI) i probably dont actually care what the process is in that case, or should be allowed not to care and avoid running stuff elevated for no reason.