HowTO - ADMIN Login AS another User??

[hsn]

windows 2000 - 2003

In *nix O/S's the root user can actually switch to a user's account AS
IF they WERE that user.
This allows admin to test criteria AS THAT USER.

Can this be done with windows????

tia - Ned

 

[jamen]

windows 2000 - 2003

In *nix O/S's the root user can actually switch to a user's account AS
IF they WERE that user.
This allows admin to test criteria AS THAT USER.

Can this be done with windows????

You can use the 'runas' command and open cmd.exe. All programs executed
from this new prompt will be restricted

 

[hsn]

Jamen,

Tx for your reply -

I should have been more specific -
I DO NOT know the user's password.

As administrator - I SHOULD NOT NEED to know it - but I don't see how I
can run something as another user without knowing their password.

I mentioned unix because in unix you authenticate AS "administrator"
(root), and then - you can become any user you want - WITHOUT knowing
their password.

Can THIS be done with windows?

tia - Ned

 

[Philip Lewis]

As administrator - I SHOULD NOT NEED to know it - but I don't see how I
can run something as another user without knowing their password.
Can THIS be done with windows?

I don't think it can be done.
I see this as a privacy issue.... if you need to do something as a
certain user, you have the user sign in, or you change the password to
something that you know, and then log in. Either way, this lets the
user know that you have done something as them.
(This is standard practice here...)

I'm considering creating a "normal user" account which i can use to
see how the hoy-paloy runa program.

I mentioned unix because in unix you authenticate AS "administrator"

unix su is incredibly useful... but from a privacy standpoint it kinda
sucks.

cygwin (incredibly useful/free unix like interface windows) might be
able to do it...