Change IP without password admin

You could apply it throgh a script. You just need to allow it to run as admin. Either using a bat file with runas. I'd suggest CPAU.exe allows admin pasword to be stored in the file. Then use a vb script to change the ip called fom the bat file.

Sample VB from MS attached below.

#Description
#Sets the IP address of a computer to 192.168.1.141, and sets the IP gateway to 192.168.1.100.

strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
    & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")

Set colNetAdapters = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
    ("Select * from Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration where IPEnabled=TRUE")

strIPAddress = Array("192.168.1.141")
strSubnetMask = Array("255.255.255.0")
strGateway = Array("192.168.1.100")
strGatewayMetric = Array(1)

For Each objNetAdapter in colNetAdapters
    errEnable = objNetAdapter.EnableStatic(strIPAddress, strSubnetMask)
    errGateways = objNetAdapter.SetGateways(strGateway, strGatewaymetric)
    If errEnable = 0 Then
        WScript.Echo "The IP address has been changed."
    Else
        WScript.Echo "The IP address could not be changed."
    End If
Next

I am working on similar items currently this will be one I proably modify to run automated without the possibility of my admin password being viewed. CPAU does allow a method for protecting the file, to prevent recovery of the admin password.

http://www.robvanderwoude.com/ < great site full of bat files /scripts

I will repost anything I stumble across/ hash out

Pisnaz

Forgot this till now

netsh interface ip set address name="Local Area Connection" static 192.168.0.100 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.1 1

Netsh is a comand line way to interact with your network settings. The above command will change ip, netmask, and gateway. If only ipconfig was as powerful as ifconfig.
http://www.petri.co.il/configure_tcp_ip_from_cmd.htm

Really good ref you may be able to use save / import features. Some things like rundll32.exe can be called from the command line with system access (meaning users can use it to perform actions above thier access rights). I am not sure about netsh I can confirm it tomorrow on my test system.

Pisnaz

Edited by Pisnaz - 24 May 2006 at 8:57pm