Xnet

Jeeve5

Jan 28 2004, 01:24 PM

Well, I found this one a while ago and since no one (according to search function) has ever mentioned it in this forum besides me, I thought I'd post it.

The main advatage of this one is that you can start diabled services and you can rename them etc.

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XNET 1.07
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Win32 character-based/commandline utility enabling you to manage local and
remote Windows NT services.

USAGE
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1 general usage.
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Usage : XNET <Start | Stop   | Restart| Pause | Continue | List |
Install| Remove | Modify | Reboot | Shutdown | Help>

Run XNET HELP <command> for information on the individual commands.

Example : XNET HELP MODIFY

2 starting, pausing, continuing or listing a service.
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Usage : XNET <Start | Pause | Continue | List>
   [[\\Server\]ServiceName] [/w:Wait]

Start    - Starts specified service, or lists all running services if no
service specified.
Pause    - Pauses specified service.
Continue - Resumes specified service.
List - Lists all services, or details on specific service.
ServiceName - name of service, optionally preceded by name of remote
machine (eg : \\REMOTE\MSSQLServer).
Wait - number of seconds to wait for request to complete (default : 30
seconds)

Example : XNET START \\HOUND\Spooler
XNET PAUSE MSSqlserver /w:90
XNET LIST \\HYENA
XNET LIST
XNET LIST NetLogon

3 stopping a service.
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Usage : XNET STOP [[\\Server\]ServiceName] [/w:Wait] [/y]

ServiceName - name of service, optionally preceded by name of remote
machine (eg : \\REMOTE\MSSQLServer).
Wait - number of seconds to wait for request to complete (default : 30
seconds)
/y - Don't ask for confirmation to stop dependent services.

Example : XNET STOP \\HOUND\Spooler
XNET STOP MSSqlserver /w:90
XNET STOP Netlogon /y

4 restarting a service.
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Usage : XNET RESTART [[\\Server\]ServiceName] [/w:Wait] [/y]

ServiceName - name of service, optionally preceded by name of remote
machine (eg : \\REMOTE\MSSQLServer).
Wait - number of seconds to wait for request to complete (default : 30
seconds)
/y - Don't ask for confirmation to stop dependent services.

Example : XNET RESTART \\HOUND\Spooler
XNET RESTART MSSqlserver /w:90
XNET RESTART Netlogon /y

5 installing a service.
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XNET INSTALL [[\\Server\]ServiceName] [/b:Binary] [/d:Dependencies]
   [/l:LoadOrderGroup] [/n:DisplayName] [/u:User] [/p:Password]
   [/i:Interactive] [/s:StartType]

ServiceName - name of service, optionally preceded by name of remote
   machine (eg : \\REMOTE\MSSQLServer).
Binary    - Name of executable.
Dependencies   - Dependencies of service.
LoadOrderGroup - LoadOrderGroup of service.
DisplayName - 'Long' name of service (aka DisplayName).
User    - name of (domain) user account to assign to service. Specify
   'LocalSystem' to assign system account.
Password    - Password for service.
Interactive - specify Yes or No to allow service to interact with desktop.
StartType - indicates when a service will be started. Possible values
   are 'AUTO' (started at system startup), 'DEMAND' (started
   at user request) and 'DISABLED'.

Example : XNET INSTALL \\HOUND\MyService /b:C:\WIN32\MS.EXE /u:LocalSystem
XNET INSTALL MyService /b:C:\WIN32\MS.EXE /u:RuudV /p:password
XNET INSTALL MyService /b:C:\WIN32\MS.EXE /u:HiYa\There /p:right

6 modifying a service.
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XNET MODIFY [[\\Server\]ServiceName] [/u:User] [/p:Password] [/b:Binary]
   [/d:Dependencies] [/l:LoadOrderGroup] [/n:DisplayName]

ServiceName - name of service, optionally preceded by name of remote
   machine (eg : \\REMOTE\MSSQLServer).
User    - name of (domain) user account to assign to service. Specify
   'LocalSystem' to assign system account.
Password    - Password for service.
Binary    - Name of executable.
Dependencies   - Dependencies of service.
LoadOrderGroup - LoadOrderGroup of service.
DisplayName - 'Long' name of service (aka DisplayName).
Interactive - specify Yes or No to allow service to interact with desktop.
StartType - indicates when a service will be started. Possible values
   are 'AUTO' (started at system startup), 'DEMAND' (started
   at user request) and 'DISABLED'.

Example : XNET MODIFY \\HOUND\MyService /u:SE\User1 /p:NewPass
XNET MODIFY \\HOUND\MyService /u:LocalSystem
XNET MODIFY MyService /n:FancyName

7 removing a service.
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Usage : XNET REMOVE [[\\Server\]ServiceName]

ServiceName - name of service, optionally preceded by name of remote
machine (eg : \\REMOTE\MSSQLServer).
/y - Don't ask for confirmation of remove.

Example : XNET REMOVE SampleService

8 rebooting/shutting down Windows NT.
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XNET <Reboot | Shutdown> [\\server] [/w:Wait] [/m:Message] [/f] [/y]

Reboot - Reboots specified server, or local machine if no server
specified.
Shutdown - Shuts down specified server, or local machine if no server
specified.
Message    - Warning/message to display on specified server during countdown.
Wait - Wait xx seconds for request to complete (default : 30 seconds)
/f - Force applications closed (don't allow 'FileSave' dialogs).
/y - Don't ask for confirmation of request.

Example : XNET REBOOT \\HOUND /y
XNET SHUTDOWN /w=120
XNET SHUTDOWN /f

NOTES
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1 Current version = 1.07

2 XNet was developed by Ruud van Velsen of Microsoft Benelux.

h3llraz0r

Jan 29 2004, 03:55 PM

nice tool Jeeve5

I will test this!! thanks for sharing it

liquidSilver

Jan 29 2004, 04:31 PM

Uhm.. Plenty of such multi-tools around.. But, well, added to my collection!

Regards,
LS

jead99

Jan 29 2004, 06:22 PM

Thanks for sharing m8, gonna add this to my toolbox

limbox

Feb 7 2004, 02:49 PM

thanks a lot, i'll gonna check if it's working under NT4 as well

Paul

Feb 7 2004, 06:16 PM

You need admin acces to run the tool.
Local it could be nice

maxxis

Feb 7 2004, 08:14 PM

thx nice tool