run a program remotely

Case Study - Run a program automatically and remotely

Situation: The client has a DOS program located in the Windows 2003 server. He wants to run the program automatically and remotely.

Resolution: He may have may ways to do that.

1. Use UNC to run the program from remote computer. To do that, create a logon script to launch the DOS program. For example, run command.exe under the shared folder dosapps of the server chicagotech, do this

\\chicagotech\dosapps\command

2. Use net use to establish the connection and run the program. If the use doesn't logon the domain or use VPN to run the program, he may need to create cached credentials first. For the same example like above, do these

net use \\chicagotech\dosapps /u:domainname\username
\\chicagotech\dosapps\command

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