"run as" command line & GUI

[Ludo]

Hi,

I want to launch a software in a limited account but it requires
administrator privileges. If I use the GUI command “Run as”, the
software works fine. However, if I use the command line “runas”, the
software doesn’t work correctly. When the software is starting, it
launches a lot of child process, I think that child process don’t have
administrator privileges ?

How can I overcome this problem?

 

[Alec S.]

I want to launch a software in a limited account but it requires
administrator privileges. If I use the GUI command “Run as”, the
software works fine. However, if I use the command line “runas”, the
software doesn’t work correctly.

??? "run as" is not a command that comes with Windows. You must have a 3rd party
app in your path or something. Find out what/where the command is with:
where "run as*"

When the software is starting, it launches a lot of child process,
I think that child process don’t have administrator privileges ?

Are you saving the credentials or typing the password manually?

 

[Another Brian]

I don't have an answer to the OP questions but runas is a native
Windows XP command:

M:\>runas /?
RUNAS USAGE:

RUNAS [ [/noprofile | /profile] [/env] [/netonly] ]
/user:<UserName> program

RUNAS [ [/noprofile | /profile] [/env] [/netonly] ]
/smartcard [/user:<UserName>] program

/noprofile specifies that the user's profile should not be
loaded.
This causes the application to load more quickly,
but
can cause some applications to malfunction.
/profile specifies that the user's profile should be
loaded.
This is the default.
/env to use current environment instead of user's.
/netonly use if the credentials specified are for remote
access only.
/savecred to use credentials previously saved by the user.
This option is not available on Windows XP Home
Edition
and will be ignored.
/smartcard use if the credentials are to be supplied from a
smartcard.
/user <UserName> should be in form USER@DOMAIN or
DOMAIN\USER
program command line for EXE. See below for examples

Examples:

runas /noprofile /user:mymachine\administrator cmd
runas /profile /env /user:mydomain\admin "mmc
%windir%\system32\dsa.msc"
runas /env /user:[email protected] "notepad \"my file.txt\""

NOTE: Enter user's password only when prompted.
NOTE: USER@DOMAIN is not compatible with /netonly.
NOTE: /profile is not compatible with /netonly.

Brian

 

[Alec S.]

I don't have an answer to the OP questions but runas is a native
Windows XP command:

Yes, runas is a command, but "run as" is not. The OP said that runas doesn’t
work but "run as" does.