Re: Running a program as somebody else

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We're running Win XP Pro. The folder access is not the problem. They
can get to it. The problem is that the application requires you to be
either the database owner or server Administrator to perform certain
commands. We want to put a specific one of those commands in a script
which the user can read and execute but cannot change. We want the
users to then be able to execute that script as if they were the
database owner. Obviously we do not want them to be able to actually
log on as the database owner other than in the context of running this
script. On UNIX I'm able to create scripts that run SETUID. I would
like to be able to do that in Windows.

Brian Bygland

"Jim Macklin" <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm> wrote in message
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Are you running XP Home or Professional? The program could
be installed in a new folder that could be shared with your
limited user, or if you have XP Pro, you can set program
access for different classes of users [Power User, etc.]


"Byte" <Byte@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Why do you think they have passwords?
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| "bxb7668" wrote:
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| > Is it possible for user A to run a application using the
login
| > credentials of user B without their knowing the password
of user B? We
| > need user A to be able to run a program with elevated
privileges but
| > do not want to give them the password. The only option
that I've been
| > able to find is to set up runas, but that requires the
user to know
| > the password.
| >
| > Brian Bygland
| >
| >
| >




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