RUNAS

2008 Oct 18

Name	RUNAS
Ver	2000

Launch a process as though a different user and their privileges apply. It allows privileged users to execute programs in a nonprivileged way.

Syntax

RUNAS [/profile] [/env] [/netonly] /user:UserName Program

Optional
Parameters
and Switches

/profile	If the user's profile needs to be loaded.
/env	To use the current environment instead of user's.
/netonly	Use if the credentials specified are for remote access only.
/user	should be in form USER@DOMAIN or DOMAIN\USER
program	Command line for EXE (see examples).

Exit Codes

ERRORLEVEL Value	Meaning
0

Notes

1) Enter user's password only when prompted.
2) USER@DOMAIN is not compatible with /netonly.

Examples

> runas /profile /user:mymachine\administrator cmd
> runas /profile /env /user:mydomain\admin "mmc %windir%\system32\dsa.msc"
> runas /env /user:user@domain.microsoft.com "notepad \"my file.txt\""