Writing to a file with elevated permissions

[wdfboltonc]

Hi All,

I'm in the process of creating an AutoIT file to run periodically on a local machine and set the local administrator password to a random value. The important part of the script is that it will run in the user context but needs to output the new password to a locked down share that only IT support have access.

I'm having issues writing to a file with the standard $file = FileOpen('' & $NetworkLogPath & @ComputerName & '.log', 9) function. I have tried running it with a RunAs function with an account with write permissions to the folder but still unable to create and write to the file.

Any pointers would be welcomed.

Thanks

Craig

 

[Gianni]

what error do you get?

p.s.
(not even to ask if your $NetworkLogPath variable ends with a slash "" of course)

Edited February 7, 2014 by PincoPanco

[jdelaney]

Could always try to first DriveMapAdd the share, and then do the fileopen (that would get around the runas, since the rights are associated with the drive, and not the user running the script)...plus, DriveMapAdd returns a lot more @error data, for debugging.

I agree with PincoPanco, post the definition of those variables as well.

Edited February 7, 2014 by jdelaney