Not sure if this is what you are looking for but in vista+ an admin user is not what you would call a SuperUser in unix/linux based systems, and certain operations are reserved now for the superuser. An admin account logs into a session as an administrator. When the UAC is invoked, and proper credentials of an administrator are entered, a SECOND SESSION is created transparently just for that process (and all child processes it spawns). That second session is a super user, but only for the process it was authorized for.
At least that was how it was explained to me. I disable UAC on all my Vista/Win7 installs because it makes remote administration virtually impossible on some processes, specifically sessions without a terminal. There is no user interface within which to present a UAC prompt so the session silently fails. There are probably ways to do it, but it's too much of a hassle for me and we do not require that level of security. Bob On Feb 6, 2012, at 4:58 AM, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote: > I know, that this should be addressed to a windows forum, but I know also, > that here is so profund knowledge in this list. > > Since Vista there is the "run as admin" option to run a program. My only > knowledge about this is that the "rights are supposed to be higher" as only > to be logged on as admin. I didn't find yet anybody who could clearly > explain to me, WHAT excactly is the difference and when or for what you need > it. For example my customers have to install the windows quicktime player as > a requirement for my program. In 95% of cases, they just start the installer > and everything is fine, but from time to time I get a clean installation of > the quicktime player only with "run as admin". All cases are standard > personal vista or win7 computers with only one (admin-) user configured, so > no lack of rights from users side and antivirus guards switched off. I > understand that I need the "run as" option, when I am logged on as non > admin, to get the admin rights. But obviously there still is a difference > between "logged on as admin" and "logged on as admin + run as admin". And > since years I don't understand what different things are going on when > installing quicktime as "log on + run as admin" and why is it installed > correctly in all other cases without "run as" Why does it work one time > without and once only with "run as admin" with the same installer? > > Can anybody shed some light on this system topic? It is so frustrating to > pick in the dark. > > Thanks > > Tiemo > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
