topic Is it possible to execute X command with Administrative privilages in SAS Programming https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Is-it-possible-to-execute-X-command-with-Administrative/m-p/86291#M18503 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>I am trying to run a DOS command through SAS. When I run this specific command in CMD as administrator it gives desired output. But if I run it simply by double clicking on it, it doesn't work. As an example: check the following command:</P><P>tasklist /FI "Imagename eq conhost.exe" /FI "username eq system"</P><P>when I run this from CMD as administrator I get 1 task in output. But if I run the same command as a simple user it replys that<SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"> Info: No tasks are running which match the specified criteria.</SPAN></P><P></P><P>Basically this is a privilage issue and an ordinary user doesn't have access to processes run by other users (or in this case system).</P><P></P><P>Now the question is, if I want to get this result through SAS, then How should I do it?&nbsp; Is it possible to run CMD from SAS with administrative privilages.</P><P></P><P>Thanks in advance for your efforts.</P><P></P><P><EM><STRONG>Regards,</STRONG></EM></P><P><EM><STRONG>Saugata Mukherjee.</STRONG></EM></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 18 Sep 2013 15:29:16 GMT Saugata 2013-09-18T15:29:16Z Is it possible to execute X command with Administrative privilages https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Is-it-possible-to-execute-X-command-with-Administrative/m-p/86291#M18503 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>I am trying to run a DOS command through SAS. When I run this specific command in CMD as administrator it gives desired output. But if I run it simply by double clicking on it, it doesn't work. As an example: check the following command:</P><P>tasklist /FI "Imagename eq conhost.exe" /FI "username eq system"</P><P>when I run this from CMD as administrator I get 1 task in output. But if I run the same command as a simple user it replys that<SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"> Info: No tasks are running which match the specified criteria.</SPAN></P><P></P><P>Basically this is a privilage issue and an ordinary user doesn't have access to processes run by other users (or in this case system).</P><P></P><P>Now the question is, if I want to get this result through SAS, then How should I do it?&nbsp; Is it possible to run CMD from SAS with administrative privilages.</P><P></P><P>Thanks in advance for your efforts.</P><P></P><P><EM><STRONG>Regards,</STRONG></EM></P><P><EM><STRONG>Saugata Mukherjee.</STRONG></EM></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 18 Sep 2013 15:29:16 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Is-it-possible-to-execute-X-command-with-Administrative/m-p/86291#M18503 Saugata 2013-09-18T15:29:16Z Re: Is it possible to execute X command with Administrative privilages https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Is-it-possible-to-execute-X-command-with-Administrative/m-p/86292#M18504 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>What happens if you run SAS as administrator?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 18 Sep 2013 16:59:22 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Is-it-possible-to-execute-X-command-with-Administrative/m-p/86292#M18504 snoopy369 2013-09-18T16:59:22Z Re: Is it possible to execute X command with Administrative privilages https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Is-it-possible-to-execute-X-command-with-Administrative/m-p/86293#M18505 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Looks like there are options to specify /U[user name] and /P[assword]. </P><P></P><P><A href="http://www.computerhope.com/tasklist.htm">http://www.computerhope.com/tasklist.htm</A></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 18 Sep 2013 17:10:51 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Is-it-possible-to-execute-X-command-with-Administrative/m-p/86293#M18505 Quentin 2013-09-18T17:10:51Z