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How can I impersonate an account in vbscript

I am trying to configure some VBScripts to run within a third-party system. I need to impersonate a domain user from within the script. How can this be done? Normally the WMI classes allow impersonate, but, I am trying to use the Scripting.FileSystemObject.

holthd

Is it an possiblity to run the entire script as another user? If so you can achieve this using Windows' built-in 'runas.exe' or a scheduled task, depending on your scenario.

If you trigger it remotely you can use 'psexec.exe' by Sysinternals (Microsoft).

If you need to trigger only a portion of the script as userA while the main script runs as userB you can allways re-call a portion of the script through WshShell.Run "Runas.exe <args> C:\Scripts\PortionOfMainScript.vbs". Might get messy. Use arguments to pass variables to the portion script.

-Daniel

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RobSampson

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wls3

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Thanks Rob. I had not had to dig into those NetworkDrive methods before. I am checking them out on MSDN now. Appreciate the pointer.

RobSampson

Thanks for the grade, you'll also want to remove the mapping again after you use the FSO methods.

Rob.

wls3

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Appreciate the follow up comment. I had seen some other folks suggesting something along these lines, but, I didn't know this was essentially creating a pipe. From what I had seen I just assumed the close was to dispose of the object, not a pipe. Again, thanks.