NET command help in MS-DOS please

Whenever I try to use the NET command (i.e. net use or something), it says I need to logon. Yet when I type NET LOGON, it tells me I can't do that from the DOS prompt. How exactly can I use the NET command?

type
net start
if it will not work then you are an untrusted user to your computer
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Originally posted by Nitro
Whenever I try to use the NET command (i.e. net use or something), it says I need to logon. Yet when I type NET LOGON, it tells me I can't do that from the DOS prompt. How exactly can I use the NET command?

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Are you trying to see current connections to your machine or are you trying to use the command line version for manual net mappings and bindings?

Okay, I typed net start, and it says "the command was completed successfully." Then I tried net use and the other commands, and it told me "Error 3787: You must logon before performming this operation." So I tried net logon..."Error 3547: You cannot do this from within an MS-DOS window." Are the NET commands just for LANs? If I understood correctly, I should be able to use the NET commands to connect to other computers...So I could use net use and then the person's IP address and connect to a shared resource...I just have to play around with it a little more and read some more information.

The reason your having problems is because the syntax is wrong.

Try Typing:

C:Windows>NET USE /?

This will display how to use the NET USE command

If all the information scrolls off the screen and you can't read the top part...Type the following:

C:\Windows>NET USE /? >> C:\netuse.txt

This will create a file on your C drive called netuse.txt and it will contain the way to use the NET USE command.

If your still having problems..just drop a line and I will be more than happy to help you.

Hope this has helped! :)

I also know of a way to gain share access by using nbtstat to gain info on a host, then using LMHOSTS.SAM you can type in the ip address, share name, and then #pre. How am I doing so far lol...I just can't figure out how to actually connect to the shares...Or does share accessing only apply to LANs? (I am trying to connect via the internet). Can anyone who knows about this kind of thing help me out a little? or atleast point me in the right direction lol.

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Error 3547: You cannot do this from within an MS-DOS window

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This most likely means that you cannot use it from a MS-DOS shell. Reboot in dos mode. If you do not have a OS that supports DOS mode anymore press F8 when it says "Starting MS-Windows..." or something to that extent. For ME press it when the little underscore is flashing on the upper left.

Out of curiosity, why do you want to use the net use command if your not on a lan? Mapping shares to your hard drive is lame - your not "hacking" when you do that, your just taking advantage of peoples stupidity.

I am not trying to "hack", I am learning about the windows OS to increase my knowledge. I am going to school to be a computer security specialist so I need to know about such things as the NET command lol...Even if it is "lame" as you so kindly put it.

Mmmm, school to be a computer security specialist, maybe you should go to school to be a computer user first.
There's nothing lame about the net command btw, you misunderstood my post - the net command is an invaluable tool to a sysadmin, malevolent use of the net command is hella lame though.

lol, "go to school to be a computer user"...that's funny. Funny because you are making fun of me yet you know nothing about me. You automatically assume I am a lame script kiddie, huh? Asking how to use the NET command and what I get from you is nothing but lame remarks. I personally do not care for crackers maliciously destroying web sites and stealing information; therefore, pete, do not compare to a computer criminal.

You seem pretty adament your not a script kiddie, and if your not - i apologise.
The fact still remains though that there are a lot of idiots who have read about this netbios "exploit" and are frantically mapping shares, deleting files, modifying autoexec.bat or other stupid ****. Its really not fair on the less savvy computer user who wants to connect to the internet safely and doesn't know the consequences of checking a few options in his network neighbourhood.

I'm still dubious about your computer security specialist thing though.

www.isc2.org

cissp

certified information systems security professoinal

that is what alot of people are after, myself included.

pete you just like to criticize people and ask them questions, tell them they know nothing and move on. You have not given any proof that you are up to par with anyone here.

I'm not here to criticize anyone, if someone posts an intelligent comment/statement/question i'll reply to it in an appropraite manner - if someone tries to act like they know **** but obviously doesn't - i'll point that out.
I just spoke to you on irc and you were a mumbling fool, gone from hacking networks with a soldering iron to being at a workstation plugged into the network and - well, as you know yourself, i bowed out at that stage, bored.
You should also know that i get hella drunk at the weekends and become particularly pugnacious, when i sober up on sunday i'll drop this thread like a hot potatoe.

Thanks for the link Prof3ssor, I am going to check into that right away. And as for you, Petey, I really don't care if you are skeptical about me wanting to be a computer security specialist. I'm tired of all these "crackers" breaking into systems and destroying/stealing information. I want to do my part in preventing (as much as possible anyway) crackers from breaking into computers illegally.

Fair enough, but you'd be well advised not to listen to anything prof3ssor tells you though, that guy hasn't got a clue, he tries to pretend he knowledgable but its fairly obvious that he doesn't know what he's talking about.

lol, I was lookin at that CISSP thingy and that got me thinking....I wanted to take some cisco courses at my school, and then train to get my CCNA, CCNP, and finally my CCIE (which will be hella hard). I guess there are only like 6600 people in the world who have the CCIE certificate...it would be awesome to achieve something like that.