Re: Beginner to WMI and need some guidance.

Hi,

WMI is excellent for Auditing, especially if you use ADSI too, but you can not "read" the contents of a file using WMI.

Regarding the "restrictions", it depends if you mean malicious restrictions - if they want to make it break, it WILL break. Most networks want it working, otherwise how can they manage their networks?

pand0ra.usa wrote:
Ok, here is a few questions for you all. What are the limitations of
WMI? Can I access a file using it to read it's contents? I am an IT
auditor and I need to get access to the remote system which is usually
restricted in many different ways (remote registry is disabled, $admin
share is diesabled, etc). Is WMI good for getting around these
restrictions (I need to query for reg keys, etc)? Does anyone know of
any books or online resoources that can help me understand how to write
WMI queries?



--
Gerry Hickman (London UK)
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