Re: Non-Admin access to Win32_DiskDrive, Win32_PNPEntity

Hi Gary,
Will changing the Security descriptor fix my problem of accessing the
Win32_DiskDrive with a non-admin account.
I am only guessing it might have something to do with the SD.

Shayne



"Gary Chang[MSFT]" <v-garych@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi Shayne,
>
>>After months of research I believe the resolution is in being able to
> change
>>the Security Descriptor for the Win32_DiskDrive Object or somewhere in the
>>COM Interfaces security settings.
>>But I cannot find out anywhere how to do this.
>
> "The security descriptor is packed as safe array of bytes and after a
> simple SafeArrayAccessData you have a pointer to a plain
> SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR, accessible using NT security functions. "
>
> If you want to modify the Security Descriptors for WMI objects, please
> refer to the following newsgroup thread for detailed informations:
> http://groups-beta.google.com/group/microsoft.public.win32.programmer.wmi/br
> owse_frm/thread/8820fc82a03fa5af/187de349c56cf806?q=Change+%22Security+Descr
> iptor%22+for+WMI+Object&rnum=7&hl=en#187de349c56cf806
>
>
> I hope the above information helps, thanks!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Gary Chang
> Microsoft Community Support
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