Re: [GD-Windows] Getting an user's security details

[Adrian C. <ce...@ce...>]

I *don't* want the password, I just want to start a process that uses
another user's security credentials/rights. I don't wanna store the password
anywhere, just like in the one-way security system you yourself mentioned.

Oh, and I'm just learning how to create services, and I tought a cron-alike
would be cool to create.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ivan-Assen Ivanov" <as...@ha...>
To: <gam...@li...>
Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 7:22 PM
Subject: RE: [GD-Windows] Getting an user's security details


> You are looking for a function like GetCurrentUserPassword() ?
> That's a very bad idea, and I'd be very surprised if such a function
> existed.
>
> Imagine someone walking in on to your PC while you're on
> lunch break and running a small exe calling that function.
> He would be able to gain much more control over your PC
> (and possibly your life, if you, like the vast majority of
> users, reuse passwords) than he has just by having temporary
> physical access. He could change your password. He could
> set your password to expire. He could log in with the same
> password to other services.
>
> Notice that Win2K-s own cron-like security service (Scheduled Tasks)
> asks you for a users's password when you specify you need to
> run a task as a certain password.
>
> Actually, Unices have been doing just fine for decades without
> having the passwords themselves stored anyway - just their
> one-way encrypted (hashed) form.
>
> regards,
> Assen
>
> PS. What's wrong with Scheduled Tasks?
>
>
>
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