Is there a simple, quick, non-invasive windows admin task that can be performed from a java process to validate if the current process is running as administrator?
I know we could run batch commands to check if current user is member of administrator group. But there are complications of portability across Vista etc.
A simple example would be:
echo. 2> %SYSTEMROOT%EmptyFile.txt
However, this is invasive. We dont want to create files
Any other option?
In general, you may find it a better choice to check for a specific permission rather than implying permissions from role assignments. One reason for this is that in a domain environment you may have local administrators and domain administrators. They are not necessarily equivalent. Also, even an administrator s permissions can be altered or specific file/directory permissions be "tweaked" to, for example, deny access to "localmachineadministrators".
Checking for a specific permission guarantees that, given specific user credentials, that user can or cannot perform some action, regardless of what roles they might be assigned to.
I know that doesn t answer your question, but it may help shed some light on the problem of assuming permissions from roles.
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