[geeks] running windows XP as an unprivledged user

Geoffrey S. Mendelson gsm at mendelson.com
Tue Mar 18 23:34:42 CDT 2008


On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 03:16:43PM -0500, Doug McLaren wrote:

> While it won't solve your particular problem (you'll have to copy the
> file locally first) Windows does have a `Run As' option if you right
> click on an executable.  It'll then ask you for another user/password
> to run it under.  More like su than sudo, but it works.

Thanks, but can it be automated? Sort of like running a program setuid
under UNIX?

Geoff.

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