Elevate Powershell scripts

Question

Is it possible to elevate the permissions of a powershell script so a user without admin privileges can run the script? Our network admins are trying to find more time-effi

Answer 1

It sounds like you are looking for a sudo equivalent in windows. Sudo is not inherent to Windows as it is to most Unix style environments. But there are several tools available that are close equivalents.

• http://sourceforge.net/projects/sudowin
• http://sudown.sourceforge.net/

Be wary when using these types of tools though. An unhardened script + sudo is a security risk.