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PSEXEC

Can anyone tell me how can I list Directories and files on a remote computer using PSEXEC?

I issue the following commands :

PSEXEC \\remote_computer\ dir c:\

It returns with an error : "The system can not find the file specified"

Dir is a DOS Shell command and built into command.com or OS Shell.

Does PSEXEC retreives/interprets with DOS/Windows Internal commands?

Thanks!

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NacMacFeegle

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Nirmal Sharma

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I know I can use above commands...I just have an query regarding how PSEXEC interacts with DOS internal commands since they are not created physically but exists logically.

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David Lee

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Nirmal Sharma

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Well, I'm not sure if that command works or not but it looks like it should work.

BTW: when I run the above command I get the following error:

login failure or bad password.

I have tried using -u user_name and -p password but to no avail.

Nirmal Sharma

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Ok the above command runs without any exit code 0 but doesn't list anything...

It should list Directories of remote computer....I have also tried using > file_name.txt

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Nirmal Sharma

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Not command.com but CMD.exe.

Thanks for putting me on right track.

Nirmal Sharma

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BTW: I don't have authentication problem. I'm specifying NetBIOS name of computer name. I should put FQDN so that authentication can be handled by Kerberos.

NetBIOS leads to broadcast - sometimes it is able to authenticate and sometimes not.