#!/fellow/monks.pl

I'm writing a script that will change my password on about 5 different Windows NT/2000 systems. Unfortunatly, most of these do not have trusted domains or a similar setup.

The Windows command 'net user' only allows you to change the password on either the local machine, or the domain you're logged onto. I manage to call this command from ActiveState without a problem. My problem is now that I need to call the same command on a remote machine.

What I'm doing at the moment, is to issue an "net use \\$SERVER\ipc$ /user:$SERVER\$USERNAME $PASSWORD" against the box. That works. Now that I'm authenticated, I need to change the password.

I'd appreciate if any of the monks could provide me with a simple procedure I could use in my perl script, where I could specify the server name, username and new password.

Thanks!

#!/massyn.pl

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In reply to Changing NT passwords remotely? by Massyn

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