Running a command as Administrator using PowerShell?

Question

You know how if you\'re the administrative user of a system and you can just right click say, a batch script and run it as Administrator without entering the administrator p

Answer 1

This is a clarification ...

The powershell RUNAS / SAVECRED credential "is not safe", tried it and it adds the admin identity and password into the credential cache and can be used elsewhere OOPS!. If you have done this I suggest you check and remove the entry.

Review your program or code because the Microsoft policy is you cannot have mixed user and admin code in the same code blob without the UAC (the entry point) to execute the program as admin. This would be sudo (same thing) on Linux.

The UAC has 3 types, dont'see, a prompt or an entry point generated in the manifest of the program. It does not elevate the program so if there is no UAC and it needs admin it will fail. The UAC though as an administrator requirement is good, it prevents code execution without authentication and prevents the mixed codes scenario executing at user level.