RunAs not running as Administrator?

[KSum]

It appears that RunAs will run, but not as the administrator. A script comprised only of the below code does not allow Install_IDRs.exe to copy files to locations where the local computer's administrator account has access manually. If I run this under the local administrator's log-in it works, suggesting the executable is run with the logged in credentials and not the admonistrator's. Any idea what I may have wrong here?

$copyFileLocation = @ScriptDir & "\Support\"
$copyFileFullName = $copyFileLocation & "Install_IDRs.exe"

Local $sUserName = "administrator"
Local $sPassword = "mywrongpassword"

$Status = RunAs($sUserName, @ComputerName, $sPassword, 2, $copyFileFullName, @DesktopDir)
MsgBox(4096, "IDR Installation", $Status)

Install_IDRs.exe is a script which I Built using the Build option in the SciTE editor. It uses FileCopy to copy a file from one location to another. In my test cases it is from a folder on teh local hard drive to another folder on the local hard drive

Karl

[JLogan3o13]

Hi, KSum. To start, try changing this:

$copyFileFullName = $copyFileLocation & "Install_IDRs.exe"

to this:

$copyFileFullName = $copyFileLocation & "Install_IDRs.exe"

I ran it like this, using a different compiled script, and it worked just fine using admin creds.

Edited March 1, 2012 by JLogan3o13

[KSum]

JLogan3o13,

Thank you for the response. That effectively made the $copyFileFullName equal c:tempSupportInstall_IDRs.exe and didn't seem to help. It still ran Install_IDRs.exe but apparently not with the correct permissions.

Karl

[JLogan3o13]

I'm assuming you're doing this on XP, is that correct?

[KSum]

Windows 7 is the test machine.

[JLogan3o13]

Hmm.. that complicates it. Someone much more intelligent than I can probably weigh in, but I believe in Windows 7 your ONLY option is #RequireAdmin

[MrAutomationGuy]

Is that a local administrator or domain?

Try using this format for your username: "<domainName><userName>".

[KSum]

That was local. I had thought about adding the domain name but since it is already passed to RunAs I opted against. Regardless, I made the change as shown below and that didn't help.

Local $sUserName = @ComputerName & "\administrator"
Local $sPassword = "mywrongpassword"
; Run a command prompt as the other user.
$Status = RunAs($sUserName, @ComputerName, $sPassword, 2, $copyFileFullName, @DesktopDir)

So then I tried removing @ComputerName, to make the Run As look like this, but that didn't let $copyFileFullName run at all:

; Run a command prompt as the other user.
$Status = RunAs($sUserName, "", $sPassword, 2, $copyFileFullName, @DesktopDir)

NOTE: The password I am using is actually the correct password, and the Secondary Logon (RunAs) service is enabled. When I change the password to a bad password, $copyFileFullName does not run.

[AdmiralAlkex]

Do you have UAC on? Then I believe you should use ShellExecute() with the runas verb to launch as admin.