Minimum right to install software

[Jobos]

I want to setup a new user so I don’t have to use the administrators details to install software on the domain machines. What the minimum rights this new user would need to allow installs?

[dhicks]

I want to setup a new user so I don’t have to use the administrators details to install software on the domain machines. What the minimum rights this new user would need to allow installs?

 

Depends on the software - I've just had to make our "install" user a Domain Admin to get the Adobe CS3 silent install to complete okay.

 

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David Hicks

[BBrian]

Is there a way of running MSIs as administrator? I haven't noticed "Run As..." in the context menu, like there is for exes.

[plexer]

If you make a shortcut to the msi you may be able to run as from the advanced properties for the shortcut?

 

Ben

[dhicks]

Is there a way of running MSIs as administrator? I haven't noticed "Run As..." in the context menu, like there is for exes.

 

You can install MSIs from the commandline using the Windows installer, "msiexec.exe". You can probably run that executable as an admin user, or run the command from a batch file. I'd recommend AutoIt - it has a RunAs keyword that lets you run a command as a different user.

 

An example commandline for msiexec might be:

 

msiexec /i P:\AdobeAcrobat\9.Pro\AcroPro.msi /qb-

 

Or with a transform too:

 

msiexec /i P:\AdobeAcrobat\9.Pro\AcroPro.msi /T P:\AdobeAcrobat\9.Pro\AcroPro.mst /qb-

 

Just type "msiexec" by itself to get up a help screen.

 

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David Hicks

Edited October 3, 2008 by dhicks
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[User3204]

You're "supposed" to be able to install as a Power User, but more often than not, something in the install will complain. There is a specific permission, "somewhere", called "install" or similar, that controls this.