Create process as user in ruby

Question

The following code is in a file called run.rb, the idea is to run ruby as a different user so I can do some testing.

require 'rubygems'
require 'win32/process'

domain = 'WORLDWIDE'
user_name = 'user'
password = 'password'
rubyScript = 'ruby test.rb'
Process.create(:command_line => rubyScript, :domain => domain, :with_logon => user_name, :password => password, :close_handles => false)

the contents of test.rb is:

require 'rubygems'
require 'watir'

browser = Watir::IE.new
browser.goto('http://localhost:44001/Users/List')
puts browser.text

when I run 'ruby run.rb' a command shell opens and then closes straight away. Any ideas what I am doing wrong here?

Answer 1

It's probably running your command just fine, opening a new command window (since it's a new windows Process), then closing that window when it completes. Try throwing a "sleep 1000" at the end of test.rb. If I'm correct, that should keep the window around so that you can view the output.