Hi,

I'm trying to push host file out to the clients pc using
batch script. I have one global batch script and when i
modify that script, i would like to send it out to the
user system32\drivers\etc folder. Since the user don't
have admin rights the host file is not copying over..would
any one know how to do this without giving user admin
rights.

Thanks,
Fem

fem <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I'm trying to push host file out to the clients pc using batch script. I
> have one global batch script and when i modify that script, i would like
> to send it out to the user system32\drivers\etc folder. Since the user
> don't have admin rights the host file is not copying over..would any one
> know how to do this without giving user admin rights.

Hi fem,

Your users don't need admin rights; only you do. Just copy the file to:

\\<computername>\ADMIN$\system32\drivers\etc

Of course, replace <computername> as appropriate.

HTH,

Bill

Thanks,
but is there any way we can send it all computers instead
of typing in each computer name. Since we have over
300pcs that needs to be updated.

Thanks in advance
>-----Original Message-----
>fem <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to push host file out to the clients pc
using batch script. I
>> have one global batch script and when i modify that
script, i would like
>> to send it out to the user system32\drivers\etc
folder. Since the user
>> don't have admin rights the host file is not copying
over..would any one
>> know how to do this without giving user admin rights.
>
>Hi fem,
>
>Your users don't need admin rights; only you do. Just
copy the file to:
>
>\\<computername>\ADMIN$\system32\drivers\etc
>
>Of course, replace <computername> as appropriate.
>
>HTH,
>
>Bill
>
>
>.
>

In article <362a01c42959$a8b30830$(E-Mail Removed)>,
(E-Mail Removed) wrote...
> Thanks,
> but is there any way we can send it all computers instead
> of typing in each computer name. Since we have over
> 300pcs that needs to be updated.

This is what login scripts are generally used for. If you are not
currently using them, this might be a good time to implement.

Otherwise, if you just do a NET VIEW (or something similar) and push
files to all those computers, you'll miss out on any computers that
happened to be powered off or otherwise unreachable.

ws

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fem <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> but is there any way we can send it all computers instead of typing in
> each computer name. Since we have over 300pcs that needs to be updated.

Yes. The FOR command is your friend.

First, put the computer names into a text file, one per line; you can use
the NET VIEW command as a starting point; e.g.

NET VIEW > LIST.TXT

Edit the file LIST.TXT and remove the extra lines at the beginning and end
of the file and save it.

Next, use the FOR /F command to parse each line of the file:

FOR /F %%c IN (LIST.TXT) DO @ECHO COPY <yourhostsfile>
\\%%c\ADMIN$\system32\drivers\etc >> DO_IT.CMD

The above two lines are a single command; make sure to type it all one one
line (with a space after your hosts file name).

Last, open the DO_IT.CMD and make sure that it looks right, and that you
are not performing the copy to any machines you did not intend to.

If all is well, you can run the DO_IT.CMD script to make the change. Review
it carefully before running it.

One thing to note is that the above FOR command will not work properly if
you have any computer names that contain a space.

HTH,

Bill

I wrote:

> FOR /F %%c IN (LIST.TXT) DO @ECHO COPY <yourhostsfile>
> \\%%c\ADMIN$\system32\drivers\etc >> DO_IT.CMD

Oops! The \\ is already there, so the line should actually be:

FOR /F %%c in (LIST.TXT) DO @ECHO COPY <yourhostsfile>
%%c\ADMIN$\system32\drivers\etc >> DO_IT.CMD

HTH,

Bill

would this still work if the computer don't have file or
printer share enabled?

thanks again.
I'm using the login batch script...since the users don't
have rights on their computer/domain...they can't copy the
hosts file over to their system32/drivers/etc folder.


>-----Original Message-----
>fem <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> but is there any way we can send it all computers
instead of typing in
>> each computer name. Since we have over 300pcs that
needs to be updated.
>
>Yes. The FOR command is your friend.
>
>First, put the computer names into a text file, one per
line; you can use
>the NET VIEW command as a starting point; e.g.
>
>NET VIEW > LIST.TXT
>
>Edit the file LIST.TXT and remove the extra lines at the
beginning and end
>of the file and save it.
>
>Next, use the FOR /F command to parse each line of the
file:
>
>FOR /F %%c IN (LIST.TXT) DO @ECHO COPY <yourhostsfile>
> \\%%c\ADMIN$\system32\drivers\etc >> DO_IT.CMD
>
>The above two lines are a single command; make sure to
type it all one one
>line (with a space after your hosts file name).
>
>Last, open the DO_IT.CMD and make sure that it looks
right, and that you
>are not performing the copy to any machines you did not
intend to.
>
>If all is well, you can run the DO_IT.CMD script to make
the change. Review
>it carefully before running it.
>
>One thing to note is that the above FOR command will not
work properly if
>you have any computer names that contain a space.
>
>HTH,
>
>Bill
>
>
>.
>

"Bill Stewart" wrote:

>I wrote:
>
>> FOR /F %%c IN (LIST.TXT) DO @ECHO COPY <yourhostsfile>
>> \\%%c\ADMIN$\system32\drivers\etc >> DO_IT.CMD
>
>Oops! The \\ is already there, so the line should actually be:

And you could filter on that:

@echo off
FOR /F "tokens=1" %%c in ('net view ^|find "\\"') DO (
ECHO COPY <yourhostsfile> >%%c\ADMIN$\system32\drivers\etc >> DO_IT.CMD
)

But this will also give only a snapshot of currently running pc's

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fem <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> would this still work if the computer don't have file or printer share
> enabled?

No, it won't.

Bill

Matthias Tacke <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> And you could filter on that:
>
> @echo off
> FOR /F "tokens=1" %%c in ('net view ^|find "\\"') DO (
> ECHO COPY <yourhostsfile> >%%c\ADMIN$\system32\drivers\etc >> DO_IT.CMD
> )

This is true, of course; but I wanted to explain step-by-step as the OP
does not seem to have any scripting experience.

Thanks,

Bill