Sometime you want to let a «normal user» do something that require an administrator privilege but you don't want to give him your administrator password. Why not use the built in RUNAS command ?
Simply because you must type the password and you have no assurance that you user will not replace the command you want him tu run with his own.
Here you will find a few solutions to that problem :
- CPAU. Command line tool that allows you to launch a process as another user similar to RUNAS only with encrypted job files.
- SuperExec. Allow you to launch any application using administrator privileges. The parameters are encrypted and store in the registry. You can even impose a deadline or launching counter.
- runasSpc. Command line tool allowing you to launch a process as anothor user. All process parameters could be saved in an encrypted file.
You could also look at other possibilities like MakeMeAdmin or Sudo for Windows to make a user temporaily a member of the administrator group. You will find those alternatives (and a few others) at nonadmin.editme.com