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[ScriptGuy]

Hi All,

Here si the issue im having. I have an exe file i need users to install. Problem is these users are remote and dont have admin rights. I need something that these people can click on that will run this exe as an admin account we have for our domain. They cant know the password. So they should just be able to double click this file and it will install this exe with admin right with no login data entered by the user.

Ive done some searches and couldnt find anything. Any help is much appreciated.

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[ksmith247]

Runas() in the help file should work.

[DaRam]

This is the holy grail for all virus authors, so I am not surprised you have not found it.

Hi All,

Here si the issue im having. I have an exe file i need users to install. Problem is these users are remote and dont have admin rights. I need something that these people can click on that will run this exe as an admin account we have for our domain. They cant know the password. So they should just be able to double click this file and it will install this exe with admin right with no login data entered by the user.

Ive done some searches and couldnt find anything. Any help is much appreciated.

[ShminkyBoy]

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Edited October 1, 2008 by ShminkyBoy

[ksmith247]

This is unfortunate, as I'm having a similar problem; I need to retreive the user's password to silently set up network shares.

the working .bat file commands are as follows:

REM V: Drive
 
 Net Use V: /Delete
 IF ERRORLEVEL 1 @ECHO No V: Drive to reset, continuing...
 Net Use V: \\10.1.0.45\Home %PASSWORD% /user:%USERNAME%
 IF ERRORLEVEL 1 pause

Here's what I have so far in AutoIT, which fails:

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#NoTrayIcon
 #include "Misc.au3"
 
;` Run only one instance
 if _Singleton("Remap",1) = 0 Then
     Exit
 EndIf
 
;~ Update environment variables
 EnvUpdate()
 
;~; Example
;~ $status = RemapShare("S:","\\server\netshare",EnvGet("USERNAME"),EnvGet("PASSWORD"))
;~ If @error then MsgBox(0x41010,"COMPANY network share - Error!","Drive S: " & $status & " -  Error code " & @error & ".  ",5)
 
; Access PC
 $Status = RemapShare("T:","\\10.1.1.9\Home",EnvGet("USERNAME"),EnvGet("PASSWORD"))
 If @error then MsgBox(0x41010,"COMPANY network share - Error!","Drive T: " & $Status & " -  Error code " & @error & ".  ",5)
 
; Crystal server
 $Status = RemapShare("V:","\\10.1.0.45\Home",EnvGet("USERNAME"),EnvGet("PASSWORD"))
 If @error then MsgBox(0x41010,"COMPANY network share - Error!","Drive V: " & $Status & " -  Error code " & @error & ".  ",5)
 
;~ End
 exit
 
;~ Remap persistent net shares
 Func RemapShare($sDriveLetter, $sNetPath, $sUsername = "username", $sPassword = "password")
     $RetVal = DriveMapGet($sDriveLetter)
     If @error > 0 Then
         $RetVal = DriveMapAdd($sDriveLetter, $sNetPath, 0, $sUsername, $sPassword)
         If @error > 0 Then
             Seterror(1)
             return "FAILED"
         EndIf
         seterror(0)
         Return "MAPPED"
     Else
         If $RetVal <> $sNetPath Then
             SetError(2)
             Return "CONFLICT"
         EndIf
         $RetVal = DriveMapDel ($sDriveLetter)
         If @error > 0 Then
             Seterror(3)
             return "FAILED"
         EndIf
         $RetVal = DriveMapAdd($sDriveLetter, $sNetPath, 0, $sUsername, $sPassword)
         If @error > 0 Then
             Seterror(4)
             return "FAILED"
         EndIf
         seterror(0)
         Return "REMAPPED"
     Endif  
 Endfunc

Is this incorrect? Is there another way to do what I want?

Don't hijack threads.

[ScriptGuy]

Ksmith, could you post an example of this using cmd.exe as the file, and say bob as username and pw.

[ShminkyBoy]

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Edited October 1, 2008 by ShminkyBoy

[ksmith247]

The example in the helpfile should be sufficient. @ComSpec will kick off cmd.exe.

; Fill in the username and password appropriate for your system.
Local $sUserName = "bob"
Local $sPassword = "bob"

; Run a command prompt as the other user.
RunAs($sUserName, @ComputerName, $sPassword, 0, @ComSpec, @SystemDir)

You do need to realize that this would require you to put the password in plain text into a compiled AutoIt exe. This is NOT secure.

[ScriptGuy]

The example in the helpfile should be sufficient. @ComSpec will kick off cmd.exe.

; Fill in the username and password appropriate for your system.
Local $sUserName = "bob"
Local $sPassword = "bob"

; Run a command prompt as the other user.
RunAs($sUserName, @ComputerName, $sPassword, 0, @ComSpec, @SystemDir)

You do need to realize that this would require you to put the password in plain text into a compiled AutoIt exe. This is NOT secure.

Yes i understand that the pw will be visable if they un compile the exe. However, we are currently handing out the admin pw sp they can install it. So this should be much more secure than the current practice.

Is it possible to run MSI's from this script? What would the second line look like running a file name test.msi located on the root of C:

[archgriffin]

Yes i understand that the pw will be visable if they un compile the exe. However, we are currently handing out the admin pw sp they can install it. So this should be much more secure than the current practice.

Is it possible to run MSI's from this script? What would the second line look like running a file name test.msi located on the root of C:

; Fill in the username and password appropriate for your system.
Local $sUserName = "bob"
Local $sPassword = "bob"

; Run a command prompt as the other user.
RunAs($sUserName, @ComputerName, $sPassword, 0, @ComSpec & "/c msiexec /i C:\test.msi", @SystemDir)

I believe that's right.

[ScriptGuy]

; Fill in the username and password appropriate for your system.
Local $sUserName = "bob"
Local $sPassword = "bob"

; Run a command prompt as the other user.
RunAs($sUserName, @ComputerName, $sPassword, 0, @ComSpec & "/c msiexec /i C:\test.msi", @SystemDir)

I believe that's right.

Hmm that didnt seem to work.

What if i wanted to do this.

I got it to open the cmd prompt as an admin. Now i want it to run this in the cmd prompt.

c:\

msiexec /i test.msi ADDLOCAL=ALL CLASSIC_MODE=yes

This is basicaly the contents of the batch file we were using to run the msi with the switches. Id like to incorporate this ito the autoit script.

So it would run cmd as admin, then have these commands run in the cmd prompt.

Edited October 1, 2008 by ScriptGuy

[archgriffin]

Hmm that didnt seem to work.

What if i wanted to do this.

I got it to open the cmd prompt as an admin. Now i want it to run this in the cmd prompt.

c:\

msiexec /i test.msi ADDLOCAL=ALL CLASSIC_MODE=yes

This is basicaly the contents of the batch file we were using to run the msi with the switches. Id like to incorporate this ito the autoit script.

So it would run cmd as admin, then have these commands run in the cmd prompt.

I always seem to have a hard time with the @ComSpec, so I use what is probably a horrible method.

Here is an example of what I have done here to install the Outlook Junk Mail Reporting Tool:

$command = 'msiexec.exe /i C:\temp\reportjunk\JunkEmailReportingTool.MSI /quiet /le C:\temp\reportjunk\log.txt'

DirCreate("C:\temp\reportjunk")

FileInstall("PathToSourceFile\JunkEmailReportingTool.MSI","C:\temp\reportjunk\JunkEmailReportingTool.MSI", 1)

RunAsWait("username", "domain", "password", 0, $command, "C:\temp\reportjunk", @SW_HIDE)

If @error = 0 Then
    DirRemove("C:\temp\reportjunk", 1)
EndIf

Of course I removed the actual source location, username, password, and domain. This was successful in rolling it out to thousands of machines, though I know it is probably not the best.

[ScriptGuy]

So what would what im trying to do look like?

[archgriffin]

So what would what im trying to do look like?

; Fill in the username and password appropriate for your system.
Local $sUserName = "bob"
Local $sPassword = "bob"
Local $command = 'msiexec /i c:\test.msi ADDLOCAL=ALL CLASSIC_MODE=yes'

; Run a command prompt as the other user.
RunAsWait($sUserName, "domain", $sPassword, 0, $command)

Just a helpful note, at least try writing back with an example of what YOU think the code should be, that way we can explain the logic of it being right or wrong rather then doing it for you.

[ScriptGuy]

; Fill in the username and password appropriate for your system.
Local $sUserName = "bob"
Local $sPassword = "bob"
Local $command = 'msiexec /i c:\test.msi ADDLOCAL=ALL CLASSIC_MODE=yes'

; Run a command prompt as the other user.
RunAsWait($sUserName, "domain", $sPassword, 0, $command)

Just a helpful note, at least try writing back with an example of what YOU think the code should be, that way we can explain the logic of it being right or wrong rather then doing it for you.

Thank you for your help, I really appreciate it. This code doesnt seem to do what i need it to, but ill try to get it to work.