I have a Windows 2008 machine A with Administrator account X. I have another Windows 2008 machine B with Administrator account Y.
Both machines have an account Z, with same username and password on both.
Account Z is in the local Administrators group on both machines.
They're not on a domain.
From machine A, as user Z (the Administrators one that's common to both machines) I want to start/stop services on Machine B.
(I actually want to do this programatically from c#, but for now via the command line to prove it works is my aim.)
I've tried a few things (e.g. using runas /user:Z cmd, then using sc.exe), but found SysInternal's psservice to be nice and flexible, since I can specify a username and password on the command line. I've also tried coding it via WMI.
I always get the same result:
If I use the user/pass for Account Y (then actual admin on machine B), it works. If I use the user/pass for Account Z (or impersonate it locally), it fails with access denied.
Since Z is in the Administrators group, why is this the case?
Thanks.
Update:
Here are my UAC settings on both machines: