Darien Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 Hello, I want to run a program in AutoIt as an administrator from the login script, and from within that program I want to run another program, but with the current user, but I do not know the password of that user. Is there a way to do this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Developers Jos Posted May 27, 2019 Developers Share Posted May 27, 2019 3 hours ago, Darien said: Is there a way to do this? I hope not from a security point of view, but ... The login script is shelled with the user credentials, so why can't you shell a script from there that is "instructed" by the elevated script to do what needs to be done? Jos SciTE4AutoIt3 Full installer Download page - Beta files Read before posting How to post scriptsource Forum etiquette Forum Rules Live for the present, Dream of the future, Learn from the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darien Posted May 28, 2019 Author Share Posted May 28, 2019 (edited) Because the administrator user does not see the network drives mapped by the user, and any script called by the elevated script will also run as an administrator user, so it will not see the network drives either. Edited May 28, 2019 by Darien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Developers Jos Posted May 28, 2019 Developers Share Posted May 28, 2019 Understand the challenge running as Admin when User stuff is needed, but the script is shelled with the user credentials from the login script so can't you use that? Jos SciTE4AutoIt3 Full installer Download page - Beta files Read before posting How to post scriptsource Forum etiquette Forum Rules Live for the present, Dream of the future, Learn from the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrewManNH Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 1 hour ago, Darien said: Because the administrator user does not see the network drives mapped by the user Instead of trying to use mapped drives, use UNC paths. This way it won't matter what drives are mapped, or what letter they're set to, you still can access the folders needed because you're not relying on "drive" letters. If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.Give a programmer the correct code and he can do his work for a day. Teach a programmer to debug and he can do his work for a lifetime - by Chirag GudeHow to ask questions the smart way! I hereby grant any person the right to use any code I post, that I am the original author of, on the autoitscript.com forums, unless I've specifically stated otherwise in the code or the thread post. If you do use my code all I ask, as a courtesy, is to make note of where you got it from. Back up and restore Windows user files _Array.au3 - Modified array functions that include support for 2D arrays. - ColorChooser - An add-on for SciTE that pops up a color dialog so you can select and paste a color code into a script. - Customizable Splashscreen GUI w/Progress Bar - Create a custom "splash screen" GUI with a progress bar and custom label. - _FileGetProperty - Retrieve the properties of a file - SciTE Toolbar - A toolbar demo for use with the SciTE editor - GUIRegisterMsg demo - Demo script to show how to use the Windows messages to interact with controls and your GUI. - Latin Square password generator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darien Posted May 28, 2019 Author Share Posted May 28, 2019 I have already tried via UNC, and it does not work because the admin user is not allowed to access the network folders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Developers Jos Posted May 28, 2019 Developers Share Posted May 28, 2019 Is there any chance to get the scenario of tasks you like to perform soon, instead of these "that doesn't work" posts, so all stop "stabbing in the dark" here? SciTE4AutoIt3 Full installer Download page - Beta files Read before posting How to post scriptsource Forum etiquette Forum Rules Live for the present, Dream of the future, Learn from the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrewManNH Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 11 minutes ago, Darien said: nd it does not work because the admin user is not allowed to access the network folders. Is this a local admin account or a domain admin account? Because I can't see why a domain admin doesn't have unlimited access to all folders. If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.Give a programmer the correct code and he can do his work for a day. Teach a programmer to debug and he can do his work for a lifetime - by Chirag GudeHow to ask questions the smart way! I hereby grant any person the right to use any code I post, that I am the original author of, on the autoitscript.com forums, unless I've specifically stated otherwise in the code or the thread post. If you do use my code all I ask, as a courtesy, is to make note of where you got it from. Back up and restore Windows user files _Array.au3 - Modified array functions that include support for 2D arrays. - ColorChooser - An add-on for SciTE that pops up a color dialog so you can select and paste a color code into a script. - Customizable Splashscreen GUI w/Progress Bar - Create a custom "splash screen" GUI with a progress bar and custom label. - _FileGetProperty - Retrieve the properties of a file - SciTE Toolbar - A toolbar demo for use with the SciTE editor - GUIRegisterMsg demo - Demo script to show how to use the Windows messages to interact with controls and your GUI. - Latin Square password generator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darien Posted May 28, 2019 Author Share Posted May 28, 2019 It's a local admin account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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