Jira (PUP-532) (#22719) Allow exec to runas different user on windows

[Josh Cooper (JIRA)]

Title: Message Title

Josh Cooper commented on an issue   Re: (#22719) Allow exec to runas different user on windows Luke Kanies it is important, and something we will look at after 3.7 (it's not as important as ruby x64 support). That said it can be worked around using an exec resource, e.g. runas.exe, psexec.exe Add Comment   Puppet / PUP-532 (#22719) Allow exec to runas different user on windows The `exec` type has a `user` parameter that allows the exec to be performed as a different user. On Windows, this functionality is not supported, because unlike *nix, we can't switch users without the password. To support this feature, we would need to add a `password` parameter to the `exec` type, and modify the SUIDManager to support switching users ... This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.1.4#6159-sha1:44eaede) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-bugs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to puppet-bugs@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.