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Allow user to run a program with admin privs
We just "upgraded" to a new manufacturing system package and the developers
had this "fantastic" idea on how great it would be to set it up so when we apply a patch to the server it will prompt the clients to auto update. Unfortunately, the auto update requires user to be local admins. Is there a way to have a program run with local admin privs no matter who is logged on? Also, without prompting for any credentials |
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Allow user to run a program with admin privs
You can use runas /savecred but this will open a security hole the size
of Texas on your machine and for all intents and purposes if you do this the users will have complete rule over the machine. Any half ass clever malicious person or malware writer would immediately try to exploit this security hole. John Jordan wrote: We just "upgraded" to a new manufacturing system package and the developers had this "fantastic" idea on how great it would be to set it up so when we apply a patch to the server it will prompt the clients to auto update. Unfortunately, the auto update requires user to be local admins. Is there a way to have a program run with local admin privs no matter who is logged on? Also, without prompting for any credentials |
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Allow user to run a program with admin privs
Are you not able to 'push' updates out to the client machines? I
actually think you would prefer that method...that way, you're certain that the updates were applied. To give a common example; where I work, malware signatures and McAfee program updates (as needed) get pushed to all workstations overnight. Your (l)users should not be updating anything on their machines, other than their own passwords. --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est Jordan wrote: We just "upgraded" to a new manufacturing system package and the developers had this "fantastic" idea on how great it would be to set it up so when we apply a patch to the server it will prompt the clients to auto update. Unfortunately, the auto update requires user to be local admins. Is there a way to have a program run with local admin privs no matter who is logged on? Also, without prompting for any credentials |
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