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user7351838
user7351838

Reputation: 29

Run new process as user interacting with UI

I have a GUI process that is running as nt authority\system. I'd like to launch another process (preferably via Process class) as the user that is interacting with the GUI process. If I just call Process.Start the new process will also run as nt authority\system but I want it to be domain\user.

Edit: for clarification, I don't have the current user's username or password. I just want to run the process as though the user was starting it themselves without having to ask for username/password.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 412

Answers (4)

fury.slay
fury.slay

Reputation: 1258

'run as' argument while invoking a process with Process object, will ask for password of the user.

It is not possible to run a process as User account from a Local System Account.

You can do a workaround to solve your problem

  1. Start a Main Process 'A' as the logged on user.

  2. Now, start the required Local System Account 'B' process from the Main Process(A).

  3. Now 'A' will monitor for a trigger from process B, if the main code (the code that must be run in user account) needs to be run. If the trigger hits, the required code can be run.

Monitoring can be done by monitoring(reading) a text file for every certain duration, and the trigger can be sent from B(system account process) which is writing to the text file. Any other better monitoring approach can be taken.

Upvotes: 0

Sanjeevakumar Hiremath
Sanjeevakumar Hiremath

Reputation: 11263

var psi = new ProcessStartInfo(); 
psi.Verb = "runas"; 
psi.FileName = "notepad.exe";
Process.Start(psi);

Upvotes: 1

NicoRiff
NicoRiff

Reputation: 4883

You can do this:

Process proc = new System.Diagnostics.Process();
System.Security.SecureString ssPwd = new System.Security.SecureString();
proc.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
proc.StartInfo.FileName = "C:/YourPath/YourProcess.exe";
proc.StartInfo.Arguments = "Args"; //Arguments if any, otherwise delete this line
proc.StartInfo.Domain = "domainname";
proc.StartInfo.UserName = "username";
proc.StartInfo.Password = "password";
proc.Start();

Upvotes: 1

McNets
McNets

Reputation: 10807

Use StartInfo property with a valid credentials.

Process proc = new Process();

proc.StartInfo.Domain = "YourDomain";
proc.StartInfo.UserName = "Username";
proc.StartInfo.Password = "YourPassword";

Upvotes: 1

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