Rights on files

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We have Windows 2000 Advanced server setup for our users.
It is configured as a domain server

Our users are setup in the users group. However I would
like to have the users be able to run defrag without
having administrator rights to other applications/files.

I have tried to set it through the security settings of
the program but to no avail. It seems that the domain
rights supercede the rights on the system.

Is there a way to set this for only this file and not the
others?

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Defrag checks for membership in the administrator group. If the user's not
in the group, defrag will exit.

The best workaround is probably using the task scheduler to run defrag.

A less secure workaround is to have defrag "runas" an administrator. This
is open to exploits, though: if Mr. BlackHat can get it to run something
other than the actual defrag, he owns the machine.
 

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