Re: Windows 2000 Run As... Feature

[skastl () NEOHAPSIS COM (Steven Kastl)]

On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, David Terrell wrote:

> In all the hubbub over whether the semantic of the Run As... feature
> in Windows 2000, a much more important shortcoming is that this is the
> first time (I know of) that the system asks for your password through
> a mechanism other than the trusted path (ctrl-alt-del to login,
> ctrl-alt-del to change password).  This is an unfortunate compromise
> in an otherwise useful feature.

Not true.

In Windows NT Explorer, when mapping a network drive, you can specify to
map the drive as another person (just the same as the "Run As..."
functionality).  When you select "OK" to create the drive mapping, you are
asked to provide a password -- a la "Run As..." -- and never required to
hit Ctrl-Alt-Del to do so.

Nothing new.

--Steve Kastl
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