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A command-line tool and context-menu verb introduced with Windows 2000 that allows running a program, control panel applet, or a MMC snap-in as a different user. [2] Runas makes use of the "Secondary Login" Windows service , also introduced with Windows 2000. [ 3 ]
Internet Explorer 7's "Protected Mode" feature uses UAC to run with a 'low' integrity level (a Standard user token has an integrity level of 'medium'; an elevated (Administrator) token has an integrity level of 'high'). As such, it effectively runs in a sandbox, unable to write to most of the system (apart from the Temporary Internet Files ...
The r-commands were developed in 1982 by the Computer Systems Research Group at the University of California, Berkeley, based on an early implementation of TCP/IP (the protocol stack of the Internet). [2] The CSRG incorporated the r-commands into their Unix operating system, the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). The r-commands premiered in ...
In Windows, a console application may run in two modes. One mode places the text in a window and uses an operating system's font rendering. In this mode, an application's interaction with user is controlled by the windowing system. This is analogous to X Window System applications such as xterm. The second is the full-screen mode.
Running applications with least privilege (for example by running Internet Explorer with the Administrator SID disabled in the process token) in order to reduce the ability of buffer overrun exploits to abuse the privileges of an elevated user. Requiring kernel mode code to be digitally signed. Patching; Use of compilers that trap buffer ...
An installation process that runs on a preset time or when a predefined condition transpires, as opposed to an installation process that starts explicitly on a user's command. For instance, a system administrator willing to install a later version of a computer program that is being used can schedule that installation to occur when that program ...
Single-user mode Mode for administrative tasks. [2] [b] 2: Multi-user mode Does not configure network interfaces and does not export networks services. [c] 3: Multi-user mode with networking Starts the system normally. 4: Not used/user-definable For special purposes. 5: Full mode Same as runlevel 3 + display manager. 6: Reboot Reboots the device.
The Multics shell includes a run command to run a command in an isolated environment. [1] The DEC TOPS-10 [2] and TOPS-20 [3] Command Processor included a RUN command for running executable programs. In the BASIC programming language, RUN is used to start program execution from direct mode, or to start an overlay program from a loader program.