Re: RunAs Alternatives

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Took a look at this website on how to automate the runas. I believe this
guy will also write custom programs.

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RCN wrote:
> *Hello,
> We are constructing a script that will be launched from the end of
> the
> domain login script in our AD environment. This script will query
> the
> registry for the latest critical updates, determine which are missing
> and
> install the missing updates. We have it working, except that we have
> to
> reference a local Administrator/password when using the RunAs command
> to
> install any missing patches. This Admin/Password pair is in plain
> text in
> the script, and for security reasons, we only want to have one local
> administrator per workstation. Is there a way with VBScript to hide
> (hash)
> a domain account password, or install a patch locally while logged on
> as a
> member of the Local Users group? Basically, the ciritical updates
> need to
> be installed by a local administrator, and we need a way to run
> these
> updates from a VBScript login as that local administrator while not
> compromising the seecurity of the system. Any thoughts greatly
> appreciated...!!
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
> twinked@xxxxxxxxxx *



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