Re: runas.exe not accept non-ascii passwords

From: Gary Smith (bitbucket_at_example.com)
Date: 03/26/04 

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 19:59:45 -0800

In microsoft.public.win2000.cmdprompt.admin Plinio Conti <pliniocontiAT@tiscalidot.it> wrote:
> Some user password have non standard ascii characters.

> Initial Logon Dialog Box accepts them without problems.
> No problems with GUI "Run As...", as well. (I mean when you start applications selecting RunAs.. from shift-Right-click menu)

> But RUNAS from CMD command line fails.
> What can I do?

> The character are on my non-english keyboard, they are not so exothic.
> They "appears" correctly when you type them in CMD command line.

I'd guess that the problem is a mismatch between the console codepage and
the "ANSI" character set used by the GUI. Try this to test the theory:
Open notepad and type some text containing the non-ASCII characters. Sava
as a text file. Then open a command prompt windows and TYPE the file you
created. If the characters don't look right, we've discovered the source
of the problem. 

-- 
Gary L. Smith                gls432@yahoo.com
Columbus, Ohio

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