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Could you have Perl execute a batch file? Inside the batch file, you could have &quot;net user UserName /times:M-Su,06:00-22:00&quot;
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Could you have Perl execute a batch file? Inside the batch file, you could have "net user UserName /times:M-Su,06:00-22:00"

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Use the Perl &quot;system&quot; function to access the OS:<br />
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See: <a href="http://www.perlhowto.com/executing_external_commands" rel="ugc">http://www.perlhowto.com/executing_external_commands</a>
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Use the Perl "system" function to access the OS:

See: http://www.perlhowto.com/executing_external_commands [http://www.perlhowto.com/executing_external_commands]

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Excellent, wilcoxon. &lt;br /&gt;This is what I was hoping to get and the error output  info is a plus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes, I could run a bat file.  But, I wanted to know how to send the DOS command in PERL and the selected solution does that for me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for the suggestions folks.
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Excellent, wilcoxon. <br />This is what I was hoping to get and the error output  info is a plus.<br /><br />Yes, I could run a bat file.  But, I wanted to know how to send the DOS command in PERL and the selected solution does that for me.<br /><br />Thanks for the suggestions folks.

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Windows 2008 server. &nbsp;At Winodws Command Prompt. &nbsp;<br />
I would like to run a PERL script to set user login times.<br />
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This is the windows command: &nbsp;net user UserName /times:M-Su,06:00-22:00<br />
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I don't know how to tell perl to run it as a DOS command.<br />
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At present I'm only trying to send a single command as shown.<br />
After I can do that then I will figure out how to run a list through the command.<br />
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The goal is to run a perl &nbsp;script on several servers and update multiple user accounts with out spending a huge amount of time doing so.<br />
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thanks -- stan
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Windows 2008 server.  At Winodws Command Prompt.  
I would like to run a PERL script to set user login times.

This is the windows command:  net user UserName /times:M-Su,06:00-22:00

I don't know how to tell perl to run it as a DOS command.

At present I'm only trying to send a single command as shown.
After I can do that then I will figure out how to run a list through the command.

The goal is to run a perl  script on several servers and update multiple user accounts with out spending a huge amount of time doing so.

thanks -- stan

Run Windows DOS command with PERL

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

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