Psexec run as remote admin

Question

I wrote some c  code that uses PSexe  I want it to run a remote exe on a machine connected to my LAN   That exe creates a new local user  When I run that exe locally on the remote machine  after right click --   run as Admin   - it works fine  I don t know how to simulate the right click --   run as Admin  from Psexec  I have tried the -l flag but it didn t work

User · Accepted Answer

Use psexec -s  The s switch will cause it to run under system account which is the same as running an elevated admin prompt   just used it to enable WinRM remotely

User · Answer

Simply add a -h after adding your credentials using a -u -p  and it will run with elevated privileges

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