One never stops learning :-))
Another idea I was pondering: Could I rename the dos prompt to some file
that is executed at start up and get a shell with admin privileges?
(Yes, back to the how-to-get-admin issue :-)) )
cu
-pete
> -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Bernd Eckenfels [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Gesendet am: Mittwoch, 14. Juli 1999 20:19
> An: Kunz, Peter
> Cc: 'Frank Knobbe'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Betreff: Re: BO2K
>
> On Wed, Jul 14, 1999 at 11:12:23AM +0200, Kunz, Peter wrote:
> > The issue is not getting admin rights. The issue is the assumption on my
> > part that for a program to read keystrokes, you need some sort of system
> > privileges. guess I'm wrong on that part... As someone else pointed out,
> > though, NT starts programs in the user directory with higher privileges.
> > Seems that's at least one viable avenue for egtting to the system calls.
> Now
> > you're saying that it's not even necessary to have access to system
> calls,
> > any user can read keyboard input. So now I start to wonder if this is
> some
> > major design flaw or if this is possibles with other OSes.
>
> On most OSes a programm of the user is allowed to read the input of that
> user. This is used in situations where you want hot-keys or stuff. It can
> be
> done on X Windows, too (in that case you can read it as every user as long
> as you have access to the display (xhost +)). In Unix Console it might be
> a
> bit more complicated, but stuff like screen or script can fake a console.
>
> Yes, might be a desgn problem, but not only in NT.
>
> Greetings
> Bernd
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