All right -- well thanks for the help. I don't actually need to do that in
my application; I was just assuming that launching it under my account rather
than ASPNET would then open the window as a result; that wasn't my actual
goal. What I am really trying to do is figure out a way to start a process
using WMI under different user credentials. ASP.NET impersonation doesn't
seem to affect launching separate processes, so what's the best way to go
about doing this?
In the end, my final goal is something like this: an admin user will go to
the page and click a button that will connect to WMI and launch a batch file
(located in a shared folder) on a specified computer. This batch file will
then perform a task on the computer it runs on. You can see the problem --
as of now, the batch file is launched with the ASP.NET user which does not
have necessary permissions to perform the intended tasks. Ideally, the same
Windows Authentication used for ASP.NET apps could be used to launch this
batch file so it would have the permissions to perform the necessary
functions.
Thank you.
"bruce barker" wrote:
> this will never work. iis and asp.net are services and do not have
> access to the desktop. thus any application they start will also not
> have access to desktop and can not create any windows. asp.net should
> only spawn console apps.
>
> -- bruce (sqlwork.com)
>
> Brian Nicholson wrote:
> > I'm building a test web application that, when run, will launch calc.exe on
> > my computer. It seems to work as it appears in Windows Task Manager;
> > however, the process doesn't actually pop up because it runs as ASPNET rather
> > than the user I want. When having to run ASP.NET as another user (e.g. when
> > doing AD queries), I was able to use IIS Windows Authentication and
> > impersonation. These are still enabled, but they don't seem to be helping.
> > Here is the method I'm using:
> >
> > Sub test()
> >
> > Dim objWMIService, objProcess
> > Dim strShell, objProgram, strComputer, strExe
> >
> > strExe = "calc.exe"
> > ' Input Box to get name of machine to run the process
> > strComputer = "RIC0001994"
> >
> > ' Connect to WMI
> > objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts://" _
> > & strComputer & "/root/cimv2")
> > ' Obtain the Win32_Process class of object.
> > objProcess = objWMIService.Get("Win32_Process")
> > objProgram = objProcess.Methods_( _
> > "Create").InParameters.SpawnInstance_
> > objProgram.CommandLine = strExe
> >
> > 'Execute the program now at the command line.
> > strShell = objWMIService.ExecMethod( _
> > "Win32_Process", "Create", objProgram)
> >
> > End Sub
> >
> > Thanks.
>
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