TCMD PowerShell Tab elevated

[CWBillow]

I am trying to get a tab set up for PowerShell with elevated rights. I cannot seem to get there. If I just start PowerShell from a shortcut that is set to run as Administrator, it works. I can tell this by the command

[bool](([System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).groups -match "S-1-5-32-544")

That returns "True " when run.

But my TCMD tab that is set to run as Admin does not, and returns a "False" to the same string.

What am I doing wrong here? The one thing I see is that if I go to "Options / Take Command Tabs" and look at the PowerShell tab, the "Run As" fields are always empty. I enter the info, get no error, but the tab does not load as Admin, and then the fields are empty upon review.

What do I need to change here?

 

[vefatica]

I don't think it's possible to run anything elevated in a tab in a non-elevated TCMD ... a Windows restriction.

 

[rconn]

Vince is correct - if you want to run an elevated PowerShell, you need to do it in an elevated TCMD session.

 

[Joe Caverly]

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TCC  24.00.29 x64   Windows 7 [Version 6.1.7601]

From an elevated TCMD session, if I do;

runas.exe /trustlevel:0x20000 powershell.exe

and then from PowerShell, if I do a

(New-Object System.Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal([System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent())).IsInRole([System.Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator)

it returns false.

From an elevated TCMD session, if I do;

Powershell.exe -Command Start-Process PowerShell -Verb RunAs

and then from PowerShell, if I do a

New-Object System.Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal([System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent())).IsInRole([System.Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator)

it returns true.

@CWBillow is this a solution for you? That is, run TCMD elevated, but you have the ability to run PowerShell as Admin or not as Admin.

Joe

 

[drwtsn32]

I don't think it's possible to run anything elevated in a tab in a non-elevated TCMD ... a Windows restriction.

I know TCMD doesn't support it, but ConEmu can do it. I run a mix of elevated and non-elevated console apps within a single ConEmu window. So it isn't a Windows restriction per se, but some tricks need to be done to get it to work.

 

[CWBillow]

I'll take a look. Thanks.

 

[CWBillow]

@vince / Rex: Thanks guys. I'll double-check.