samba - Dec 2003 - smbclient sending command to windows servers

I once used smbclient (or something in the smb suite) to send a command to 
windows and reset my windows password.
I can't recall how I did it though (over a year ago).

What I would really like to do is use smb to send a command to a windows 
machine that would run a script (shutting down Interwoven)
and then back up all the Interwoven files using rsync.  The RSYNC portion 
is easy since I mounted the windows system  in /etc/fstab as
//iw1.newyork.ibm.com/iw-home /mnt/iw1 smbfs credentials=/root/.iw1passwd 
0 0


Speaking of that line, I can't seem to get it mounted RO.

anyway, can you use SMB to send commands to windows machines?
If so, how?  Because I can not remember how I reset a windows password 
once using a linux smbclient.


Martin Corona

This question has risen before. I have an idea I have never tried, but it
sounds reasonable.
Have a share on your windows client with a file called Run_it or somesuch.
When this file is moved to another folder in the share, a daemon on the windows
box spots
the file in this folder and does whatever Run_it says to do. Run_it could
just be a program name or could contain the entire program to run. 
But, this is just talk by an amateur.
Joel




On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 04:24:40PM -0500, Martin Corona
wrote:
> I once used smbclient (or something in the smb suite) to send a command to 
> windows and reset my windows password.
> I can't recall how I did it though (over a year ago).
> 
> What I would really like to do is use smb to send a command to a windows 
> machine that would run a script (shutting down Interwoven)
> and then back up all the Interwoven files using rsync.  The RSYNC portion 
> is easy since I mounted the windows system  in /etc/fstab as