What modules are recommended for logging into a win2k server as a specific user?


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What modules are recommended for logging into a win2k server as a specific user?

by 2501 (Pilgrim)

on Dec 28, 2000 at 02:14 UTC ( [id://48541]=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml )

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Win32::AuthenticateUser documentation and a search for some example code did not leave me with a warm fuzzy feeling.
I need to log into a win2k server as a specific user. Creating shares is not an option.
thanks for your time,
2501

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(tye)Re: What modules are recommended for logging into a win2k server as a specific user?
by tye (Sage) on Dec 28, 2000 at 03:17 UTC

Win32::AuthenticateUser is for impersonating someone else when you are already running on a machine. Your description makes me think you are instead trying to remotely authenticate to a server, which can be done like so:

use Win32::NetResource qw( AddConnection CancelConnection );
# ...
    my $mach= "www.microsoft.com";
    my $username= "microsoft\\administrator";
    my $password= "b1gd0g";
    my $netResource= "\\\\$mach\\IPC\$";
    if(  ! AddConnection(
            { Scope=>0, Type=>0, DisplayType=>0, Usage=>0,
              LocalName=>"", RemoteName=>$netResource,
              Comment=>"", Provider=>"" },
            $password, $username, 0 )
    ) {
        warn "\nCan't connect to $mach: $^E\n";
        return;
    }
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