Using powershell, how do I grant "Log on as service" to an account?

Question

I'm trying to use powershell to configure the account credentials, but I need to grant the account "Log on as a service" right in order for it to work. How can I do this in powershell?

Answer 1

PowerShell doesn't have any native means of doing this, which means you'd probably be looking at either WMI or ADSI - you're more likely to find examples in VBScript, which has been around longer, although personally I don't think I've ever figured out how to programmatically assign user rights. Doesn't mean it can't be done, though, but you'll probably be looking outside the realm of PowerShell specifically.

Answer 2

Here's a link that you could also do within PSH. http://www.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin/2003-12/2865.html.

The problem is that there aren't really any public APIs for managing these settings, so you're a bit stuck using command-line tools provided in ResKits.