'Running Windows container's command prompt in admin mode

I am running Windows Nanoserver in a container.The nanoserver contains only the command prompt and lacks powershell.

I want to execute certain commands inside the container in the command prompt which require elevated privileges. I am currently using the following to launch the command prompt of the container.

docker exec -it <container_id> cmd

Is there any other way using which we can run the command prompt in admin mode?

Solution 1:^[1]

As per the Windows documentation, the Windows Server Core has ContainerAdministrator as the default user whereas Windows NanoServer has ContainerUser as the default user.

I was able to connect to my container as admin using the following command-

docker exec --user ContainerAdministrator -it <container_id> cmd

Solution 2:^[2]

Run the cmd from C:\Windows\System docker run -it <image_name>: C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe

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