I've looked at other questions in the related bar and they're close but they don't help.  Anyway, I want to let one or two applications run as admin without getting this:    However, I only want to let a few applications bypass the prompt.   Obviously I want to let them keep admin UAC rights.
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I have installed a program on Windows 7 that needs Admin rights to run properly. When running on Windows XP; I used the runas command with the savecred switch to create a shortcut that opened the application and run as Administrator without prompting for a password.  I have tried the most options found on the internet with the properties dialogue of the shortcut and messed around with the Scheduled Tasks option, but to no avail.I am running Windows 7 Home Premium, 32-bit.   I have programs installed on my computer that have a Administrator Icon Overlay and seam to run as Admin without prompting for credentials. How can I achieve the same manually?
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I want to be able to 'su' to a specific user, allowing me to run any command without a password being entered.  For example:  If my login were user1 and the user I want to 'su' to is user2:  I would use the command:  su - user2  but then it prompts me with   Password:
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Is there a way (when logged in as an administrator, or as a member of the administrators group) to masquerade as a non-privileged user? Especially in an AD environment.  e.g., in the Unix world I could do the following (as root):  # whoami root # su johnsmith johnsmith&gt; whoami johnsmith johnsmith&gt; exit # exit   I need to test/configure something on a user's account, and I don't want to have to know their password or have to reset it.  Edit: runas won't cut it. Ideally, my whole desktop would become the user's, etc. and not just in a cmd window.
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I don't care if I mess up the system (which is likely if I do things like this), or the potential security issues that this could imply. Note, that I don't just want to "", but run my GUI from bottom-up as root. I don't want to type my password for anything but just for login and have total control over it.  Of course, I want any application running as root, like Firefox, LibreOffice, etc. without having to mess up with the terminal. So, how do I do this?     This question tries to address users that do not like the current permission system with root being separated from normal users. I do not endorse such behaviors, but if a user wants to, for whatever reason, this question should fit their corncerns.   Not advisable for new users
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I have an application that needs root permissions to run.  No biggie, all of my personal devices are rooted, so I am very comfortable with the process. The problem is that this application is to be used on company owned devices issued to certain employees and I don't want them to be able to uninstall the application nor do I want them having root access to the device.  I was thinking that the following process would accomplish my goals:   Root the device Install my app as a system app Launch the application and grant su rights to it Unroot the device   Since it would be a system app, and the device wouldn't be rooted, users would be prevented from removing the app.  What I am unsure of is whether or not that application would retain its root privileges once the device is unrooted?   Any feedback or insight would be greatly appreciated!
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I always run my systems under an Admin \ Standard user dichotomy.  In other words, I always use my system as a Standard user and never login to the Admin user (except when doing the initial clean install and configuration).  This seems to mostly work on macOS ().  However, I specifically have an irritating problem with Skype, where it will pop up a authentication Window stating:     An update is ready to install.  Skype is trying to add a new helper tool.   ...and asking for my Administrator account credentials.  Now, I've had other programs ask for similar authentications for updates and installs from time to time, and I simply put in my credentials and it installs some update quickly and I continue about my business.  No problem.  However, with Skype, it seems something is simply not working - like perhaps it wasn't designed with Standard users in mind.  After entering my Administrator credentials - nothing installs.  The authentication window simply disappears and nothing happens.  But even worse... the window will inevitably appear again after an hour or two.  So I'm constantly being harassed with this notification, and no matter how many times I authenticate the request (dozens of times so far), it just keeps coming back.  Note that I had this same problem back in Yosemite running whatever version of Skype was the latest back then.  I recently did a clean install of High Sierra, and I had hoped this problem would disappear.  Nope.  Any ideas?
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When I access the Run dialog in Windows 8 and type cmd, it opens a command prompt but it doesn't have administrative privileges.  Looking for cmd at the default start screen does show a command prompt shortcut but it is not admin either.  Is there a way of opening an admin command prompt or it is not possible anymore?
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I want to restrict an application being opened under ordinary privileges. Only root shall run the application, so that contents wont be seen by others and they wont change anything.
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Is there a way to start an application as another user so that the started application would use the other user's preferences/history/resources et al?  For example: I've logged in as Alice and I'd like to start Firefox as Bob, so therefore Firefox would show Bob's browsing history instead of Alice's.  I tried  $ su Bob $ open -a Firefox   But with no apparent effect; as a matter of a fact Activity monitor shows the Firefox process is being run by Alice—not Bob.  I understand I will need Bob's login credentials, but that's not a problem.
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I'm uing ubuntu 12.04 desktop. I have 3 users: user1(administrator), user2(standard) and guest. I wanted to disable user1 and enable user2 which auto logs on with no password but after I did that I can't login to user1 and user2 accounts except the guest session user. I'm striped off every administrative privileges. I don't know which options are available to me and how do I enable root or user which is an administrator?
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I want to deploy multiple versions of an app server on my local machine for development purposes (testing for compatibility, etc). I've got about 5 that I'll want to have installed at any given time, but really only need 1 or 2 of them on a day to day basis. I'd rather turn on/off the others on demand.  Originally I had problems deploying them all when I ran into memory issues, but setting -XX:MaxPermSize=256m took care of that. Now I've realized I don't need them all at once.  Is there a way to specify that certain applications should not auto-start?
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I'm setting up a new user account, and I want to allow access to only certain programs for just that account. How would I go around doing that?
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I need to run a program as a different user + make it run with admin privileges (Run as administrator).  I use the '' for running the program as a different user  How can I run the program as admin with that command? (or a different one so will give me my requirements)  EDIT :  I need 2 things   Run as a different user Run as admin - not just as the admin user but also with full permissions   As this image
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To designate a user as an administrator from the GUI, you can simply open-up that user's properties and select the Account type as the "Administrator" option.    If the user already exists, what effect does selecting this account type have at the system level?  (added to sudo group, modification to /etc/passwd or /etc/sudoers...etc)  And how would I accomplish this (designating a user as an "Administrator") from the command line?
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Can I get UAC prompt for user from batch file?  For example I need put some keys to registry under CurrentControlSet from batch file by     reg import path\to\my.reg   PS. runas is not a solution as my customers uses different Windows localisation and I can not guess which name used for Administrator account (this can be Администратор)...  And script don't know administrator password.  And UAC dialog box does not require password entering...
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I have a problem, i have a Windows 8 realease Preview. I have UAC turned off always, but for test i switched UAC on (slider up) and restarted my pc, then, i turned it off (slider down) and restarted my pc. And now have a problem, all .exe files starts without admin privileges (my pc user is administrator). How can i fix that?  Thanks!
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Occasionally I want to install an application which requires certain permissions that I feel it really shouldn't need. Can I install the app without giving it these permissions? For example, GPS location, , internet connection, etc.  Is it possible to change the permissions of an application once it is installed?