-- runConsoleAsAdmin
property adminUsername : "fred"
property appExecutablePath : "/Applications/Utilities/Console.app/Contents/MacOS/Console"

runAsUser(appExecutablePath, adminUsername)

on runAsUser(executablePath, userName)
	set switchUserCmd to "/usr/bin/su -l " & userName
	set executableCmd to "'" & executablePath & " >& /dev/null &" & "'"
	set command to switchUserCmd & " -c " & executableCmd
	do shell script command with administrator privileges
end runAsUser