[geeks] running windows XP as an unprivledged user

[Ido Dubrawsky]

Geoff,

  "Run As" is scriptable (not sure if that's what you're asking with 
regards to "automated").  The actual command is runas.exe.  There is no 
concept of setuid in Windows.

Ido

geeks-request at sunhelp.org wrote:

 > Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:34:42 +0200 > From: "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" 
<gsm at mendelson.com> > Subject: Re: [geeks] running windows XP as an 
unprivledged user > To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org> > Message-ID: 
<20080319043442.GD876 at cable.mendelson.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; 
charset=us-ascii > > On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 03:16:43PM -0500, Doug 
McLaren wrote:

> > While it won't solve your particular problem (you'll have to copy the
> > file locally first) Windows does have a `Run As' option if you right
> > click on an executable.  It'll then ask you for another user/password
> > to run it under.  More like su than sudo, but it works.
>   
>
> Thanks, but can it be automated? Sort of like running a program setuid
> under UNIX?
>
> Geoff.



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Ido Dubrawsky
Network Security Architect
dubrawsky.org


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