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canet Command-Get Access to OSIM Shares on the Boot Server

Use the canet.exe command to do the following:

• Encrypt a user's password.
• Change a user's password.
• Change the administrator password.
• Add workstation to a domain.
• Connect to a shared disk resource on a boot server as user canonprv.

Note: There are different versions for win32 and amd64.

This command has the following formats:

• Encrypt a user's password:

  canet crypt [ user ] password [ /X ]
  

• Change a user's password:

  canet user user encrypted_password [ /PWExpires:{Yes|No} ]
  

• Change the administrator password

  canet administrator encrypted_password [ /PWExpires:{Yes|No} ]
  

• Add workstation to a domain:

  canet JoinDomain domain [ MachineObjectOU=full_LDAP_path_of_OU> ] [ user [ encrypted_password ]]
  

• Connect to a shared disk resource on a boot server as user canonprv:

  canet use [device] \\computer\share [ encrypted_password [ /USER:[domain\]canonprv ] ]
  

Example: Use canet to Get Access to the Operating System Image on a Boot Server Share

This excerpt from a sample Windows XP installation script, winxp.cmd, shows how to use canet to get access to an operating system image on a boot server:

...
canet use s: \\$BootServer$\winxp $LogonPasswd$ /USER:$BootServer$\canonprv
s:
cd \
i386\winnt32.exe /tempdrive:c /syspart:c: /noreboot /unattended:c:\winxp.inf
...

Before you execute this installation script from WinPE, substitute the OSIM parameters.