Re: windows firewall config settings exportable?

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From: Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 10/13/04 

Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 02:16:50 +0200

elmurado wrote:

> Thanks Torgeir. Is there any way of 'grabbing' those settings?
> ie do they exist somewhere in a form which can be captured.

You can display the settings like this (in a command prompt):

netsh.exe firewall show config

For a more detailed listing:

netsh.exe firewall show config verbose = ENABLE

To a file:
netsh.exe firewall show config verbose = ENABLE >fw_cfg.txt

> Another question, is there a way of using runas on the firewall
> or is it impossible because it is a service?

It might work to run netsh.exe with runas.

For the GUI configuration, this might work with runas:

control.exe firewall.cpl 

-- 
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
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