Hi all This is my first post so please be gentle with me :-) I've come across an odd problem which I'm hoping somebody out there can help me with. I've put together a script to scan my companies subnet for NT/2000 machines and then perform remote registry queries to ascertain service packs etc and log them to file. This all seems to work fine, only I have a problem. We don't use a domain structure here and depending on which site you are on (and who built the machine) can mean that you have a different administrator password. What I want to do is enable the program to try three different admin passwords on a machine and then give up and log to file that it couldnt query it. This would also enable you to run the script independant of your logged in credentials e.g. logged in as "joeb" not "administrator". I thought I'd do this by mapping a drive to the the admin$ share within perl, and for each failure specify a different password. Upon success I would be authenticated and could then query the registry. Unfortunately it doesnt seem to work like that! I can map a drive happily using the administrator account for that machine, but the registry query always fails(presumably because I dont have permissions?). Unless that is I run the perl script using "runas" or "su" and specify an administrator account before launching perl, it then works perfectly. I can't find any optional authentication info for win32::TieRegistry and I'm pulling my hair out - I can connect to the registry fine using other utilities after I have mapped a drive successfuly, just not from Perl! Anybody have any ideas? A chocolate bar of your choice will be in the mail for the first successful answer! Kind Regards Ross ************************************************************************* GWR on the Web http://www.koko.com http://www.classicfm.com http://www.corefreshhits.com http://www.planetrock.com http://www.opusonline.co.uk http://www.gwrgroup.com CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE The information in this e-mail and any attachments to it is confidential and may be legally privileged or prohibited from disclosure and unauthorised use. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and/or publication of this message or its attachments (if any) is prohibited and may be unlawful. We will not accept liability for any claims arising as a result of the use of the internet to transmit information by or to GWR Group plc. ************************************************************************* _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Admin mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
