VBScript Equivalent to 'net use' command

[djhawthorn]

Is there a VBScript equivalent to the DOS command

net use \\servername\ipc$ /user:domain\username *

?

I need to create an authentication pipe to a number of remote servers before running some commands against them... would be nice to do this with VBScript.

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[baltman]

set WshShell = CREATEOBJECT("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run("net use \\servername\ipc$ /user:domain\username *")

Brian

 

[markdmac]

Set WSHNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
WSHNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "w:", "\\Server\Admin Stuff",True

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

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[djhawthorn]

Thanks...

Brian - I realise you can use the WshShell.Run command to open the DOS box; I was kinda looking for a WSH/VBS equivalent command though (rather than "net use").

Mark - That's for mapping a drive - I specfically only need to create an authentication pipe to the remote machine, not map a drive letter.

Doesn't matter - thanks to you both.

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[tsuji]

The time you might want to do it is that the machine is of some other domain and you want to access to its resource. You can do it the wmi way or adsi way.

[1] With wmi, raise swbemlocator (and it is where you provide you credential) and then connectserver to raise a wmi service workhorse. From it, you may create a share of type 3 (ipc) through win32_share class.

[2] With adsi, you connect to WinNT: namespace and use opendsoobject method to bind to lanmanserver of the remote machine (and it is where you provide your credential). From the lanmanserver, you can create your ipc$.

Those are the outlines of approaches without using the utility net use.