RunAs admin but get User's access on network

[TPlanet]

Hi All,

As office 2007 needs to be installed with admin access, I scripted the this on that signs in as local admin account if user is not admin already. Then it connects to Source Server with an hard coded generic user and pswd and then does installation.

Is that possible to use the user Access instead?... I mean by (I don't know how) using user account and pswd to do net use whitout prompting the user or doing a link from the admin session to user one?

The user permissions on will network will define if Standard or Pro version will be installed.

If $CmdLine[0]=1 Then ;~ check if relaunched with server as parameter
    $ServerW=$CmdLine[1];~ and set it as variable $ServeurW
Else
    $ServerW=(EnvGet("SERVER"))  
EndIf

;~ if user not admin, copy this program to d: then relaunch with server as parameter
If Not IsAdmin() Then
    RunAsSet("Administrator",@ComputerName,"*******") 
        FileCopy(@AutoItExe, "d:\TempInst\",8)
        Runwait("d:\TempInst\" & @ScriptName & " " & $ServerW, "d:\TempInst\")
        DirRemove("d:\TempInst\",1)
    RunAsSet()
    Exit
EndIf

;~ Now we are admin let connect to the source
$CheminApp=("APP\Microsoft\MsOffice2007\")   
$Source=("\\" & $ServerW  & "\APP\" & $CheminApp)   

If Not FileExists($Source) Then  ;~     Administrator will not see source server, so we have to authentificate
    Runwait("net use " & $Source & " /USER:networkuser password")
EndIf

;~  **************  let's do install ********************
Runwait($Source & "setup.exe /adminfile " & $Source & "Profils\" & ".msp")
Exit

Thanks,

[Jos]

I have always used the User credentials to copy the installer file(s) the to local harddisk and then running the installer with the Local Admin credentials.

Jos

[TPlanet]

  Jos said:

I have always used the User credentials to copy the installer file(s) the to local harddisk and then running the installer with the Local Admin credentials.

Jos

I usually use to do so too. But this one will copy +-750Mb on temp folder. Then office setup will copy the files elsewhere on the c:\application data\... then do the install...

Installation procedure will be 35% slower... We can live with that, but if another solution exists, it would be great.

Edited April 30, 2008 by TPlanet

[Jos]

  TPlanet said:

I usually use to do so too. But this one will copy +-750Mb on temp folder then office install will copy it elsewhere on the c:\application data\... then do the install...

Install will be 30% slower... We can live with that, but if another solution exists it would be great.

Just wondering:Are you sure about that?

I would think starting the installer will still have to "download" it into Memory/Tempfiles which normally only slows things down doing it over a LAN.

So I am just curious now if you tried this and if it indeed was faster doing it that way.

Jos

[TPlanet]

  Jos said:

Just wondering:Are you sure about that?

I would think starting the installer will still have to "download" it into Memory/Tempfiles which normally only slows things down doing it over a LAN.

So I am just curious now if you tried this and if it indeed was faster doing it that way.

Jos

Just compared... 11 minutes with net use and 14 minutes by copying on temp folder before.

[Jos]

  TPlanet said:

Just compared... 11 minutes with net use and 14 minutes by copying on temp folder before.

Ok.. well what you could try is to restart your script with the Administrator credentials and then do the Net Use, whch should make the mapped drive available under the elivated rights.

Something like this:

AutoItSetOption("RunErrorsFatal", 0) 
AutoItSetOption("TrayIconHide", 1) 
Break(0)
$USERNAME = "Administrator"
$PASSWORD = "Secret"
$RUN = 0      ; run indicator 
; retrieve the cycle from commandline
If $CMDLINE[0] = 1 Then $RUN = $CMDLINE[1]
If $RUN = 0 Then
   RunAsSet($USERNAME, @ComputerName, $PASSWORD)
   Run('"' & @ScriptFullPath & '" " 1"') 
   If @error Then MsgBox(4096+32,"Error", "Error starting under admin mode")
   Exit
EndIf
; commands go here that require Administrator rights