If this is a Win2K machine you maybe able to use the runas feature to install software while remaining logged in as generic user ID
At 07:58 AM 2/15/2002, Richard wrote: > > I am trying to find a work-around that will enable an administrator to > > install an application (Oracle) while still logged in under the generic >ID. > >If memory servers, MS claims that this is because of poorly written legacy >apps. ;-) > > > Oracle appears to be profile specific. While an administrator can log in > > as herself/himself, install an application, log out, and then back in as > > the generic ID so the application can be run, Oracle and several other > > programs do not allow this. We use SMS to push some applications down and > > for self repair, but it cannot run if the ID is locked from installing > > applications. > >I had a really old app that only worked it we gave the user Admin rights >before >attempting to install and this worked fine afterwards as a PowerUser. I >know >that this does not suit your situation and I don't use Oracle But if this >type of >activity were to work in a testing environment, then you should be able to >install >with a generic ID and then use post install scripts to grant the user >permissions >needed to make the app run, specifically I am thinking of things like >regedt32 and >cacls. > >Hope this helps, > >richard Raoul Armfield Support Specialist IT-Call Center Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, New York 10024-5192 (212) 313-7258 _______ Military action is important to the nation -- it is the ground of death and life, the path of survival and destruction, so it is imperative to examine it. --- Sun Tzu " The Art of War"
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