How can I do a run-as from command-line?

[prathapml]

How can I do a command-line run-as?

I got this necessity recently... There's this organisation with some employees who aren't able to control their urge to fiddle with their systems. So we have locked-down systems, by disabling access to explorer interface completely. So there's no way to access the start-menu or MyComputer-style windows. No right-clicks allowed either. I've changed over to a different shell - task manager is disallowed.

When I'm logged into a limited-user's account, and suddenly need to do something which is not allowed by his account (or need to do some file-permissions, or need to browse/delete files that he can't) I need to login with an admin account. Now, no matter what account I login to, the task is anyway only possible from a CMD-prompt. But still, I can make my task easier by "Running As" whatever I want to do with administrator powers.

Now since I haven't disabled any of the services required for the Run-As facility, I suppose this should be possible, but how? I'm logged in as user XYZ, and have access to the command prompt. I need to "Run-As" something that needs admin privileges.

For those of you you familiar with unix/linux, a simpler way for me to put it is -

I'm looking for the win32 command-line equivalent of the "su" command.

Thanking all in advance, for the help.

[jdoe]

Have you tried RUNAS.EXE

If you don't have this file in system32 folder it should be on the CD (I386 folder).

[firefoxthebomb]

RUNAS (Windows 2000/XP)

Execute a program under a different user account.

syntax

RUNAS [/profile] [/env] [/netonly] /user: program

key

/profile Option to load the user's profile (registry)

/env Use current environment instead of user's.

/netonly Use if the credentials specified are for RAS only.

/user Username in form USER@DOMAIN or DOMAIN\USER

(USER@DOMAIN is not compatible with /netonly)

program The command to execute

Examples:

runas /profile /user:mymachine\administrator CMD

runas /profile /env /user:SCOT_DOMAIN\administrator NOTEPAD

runas /env /user:user@domain.microsoft.com "NOTEPAD \"my file.txt\""

NOTE: Enter user's password only when prompted.

Found on Google

[prathapml]

Wow!

Thanks, that's great.

Tried running it from CMD, and yes the command exists. I guess its easy to over-look...

Anyways, cool and simple, thanks both of you.