Problems trying to run netdom.exe from command prompt to rename sy

[Guest Sandy Wood]

I'm running a batch file to rename a system - the command looks like

 

for /f "delims= tokens=1" %%a IN currentname.txt DO Netdom RenameComputer

%computername% /NewName: %%a /UserD:mydomain\admin /PasswordD:mypassword

 

I have a computer name in currentname.txt which I want to fill in after

/NewName. When I run the command it looks like this...

 

for /f "delims= tokens=1" %a IN currentname.txt DO netdom RenameComputer

OLDCOMPUTER /NewName:%a /UserD:domain\admin /passwordD:password

 

Why would it not pick up the value from the text file?

 

--

Sandy Wood

Orange County District Attorney

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Problems trying to run netdom.exe from command prompt to rename sy

 

 

"Sandy Wood" <sandy.wood@nospam.com> wrote in message

news:1DADF6F0-F314-4BA1-8A00-58713E8C4507@microsoft.com...

> I'm running a batch file to rename a system - the command looks like

>

> for /f "delims= tokens=1" %%a IN currentname.txt DO Netdom RenameComputer

> %computername% /NewName: %%a /UserD:mydomain\admin

> /PasswordD:mypassword

>

> I have a computer name in currentname.txt which I want to fill in after

> /NewName. When I run the command it looks like this...

>

> for /f "delims= tokens=1" %a IN currentname.txt DO netdom RenameComputer

> OLDCOMPUTER /NewName:%a /UserD:domain\admin /passwordD:password

>

> Why would it not pick up the value from the text file?

>

> --

> Sandy Wood

> Orange County District Attorney

 

Try this:

for /f %a IN ('type currentname.txt') DO netdom RenameComputer

OLDCOMPUTER /NewName:%a /UserD:domain\admin /passwordD:password

 

Remember to put brackets around your enumeration statement!

 

If your computer names come without any embedded spaces then

you don't need the "delims= tokens=" stuff. If they do have spaces

then "delims=" will suffice.

[Guest Sandy Wood]

Re: Problems trying to run netdom.exe from command prompt to renam

 

Re: Problems trying to run netdom.exe from command prompt to renam

 

Thanks for the tip Pegasus. I ran your suggestion and it returned

sucessfully. Thanks for the great tip! I was originally running it from a unc

path in a batch file and that didn't seem to work...I can run it locally and

it's fine!

 

 

--

Sandy Wood

Orange County District Attorney

 

 

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>

> "Sandy Wood" <sandy.wood@nospam.com> wrote in message

> news:1DADF6F0-F314-4BA1-8A00-58713E8C4507@microsoft.com...

> > I'm running a batch file to rename a system - the command looks like

> >

> > for /f "delims= tokens=1" %%a IN currentname.txt DO Netdom RenameComputer

> > %computername% /NewName: %%a /UserD:mydomain\admin

> > /PasswordD:mypassword

> >

> > I have a computer name in currentname.txt which I want to fill in after

> > /NewName. When I run the command it looks like this...

> >

> > for /f "delims= tokens=1" %a IN currentname.txt DO netdom RenameComputer

> > OLDCOMPUTER /NewName:%a /UserD:domain\admin /passwordD:password

> >

> > Why would it not pick up the value from the text file?

> >

> > --

> > Sandy Wood

> > Orange County District Attorney

>

> Try this:

> for /f %a IN ('type currentname.txt') DO netdom RenameComputer

> OLDCOMPUTER /NewName:%a /UserD:domain\admin /passwordD:password

>

> Remember to put brackets around your enumeration statement!

>

> If your computer names come without any embedded spaces then

> you don't need the "delims= tokens=" stuff. If they do have spaces

> then "delims=" will suffice.

>

>

>

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Problems trying to run netdom.exe from command prompt to renam

 

Re: Problems trying to run netdom.exe from command prompt to renam

 

Thanks for the feedback.

 

"Sandy Wood" <sandy.wood@nospam.com> wrote in message

news:4D47228F-A1AF-4ACD-B83A-904C0EFFBB29@microsoft.com...

> Thanks for the tip Pegasus. I ran your suggestion and it returned

> sucessfully. Thanks for the great tip! I was originally running it from a

> unc

> path in a batch file and that didn't seem to work...I can run it locally

> and

> it's fine!

>

>

> --

> Sandy Wood

> Orange County District Attorney

>

>