Client for Microsoft Networks - Enable/Disable From Command-Line

[Rob Lowe]

I have a server running Windows Server 2008 and a third-party ftp service.
This server is publicly accessible, so I would like to lock it down as much
as possible.

Since all it's doing is hosting ftp files, there's no need for it to have
the Client for Microsoft Networks and other traditional network services
enabled on this server.

One problem I have is with running backups for this server. If I use
Windows Server Backup I will need to access a share on another server to
backup all drives.

I'd like to enable Client for Microsoft Networks from a command-line long
enough to map a drive and complete a backup to another server, then disable
it again at the end of the process.

Any suggestions on a method to toggle enable/disable of Client for Microsoft
Networks from a command-line or script would be appreciated.

[Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]]

Hello Rob,

Check out Network Shell (Netsh) Technical Reference:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../cc754753.aspx

Here you should find a command for your needs.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> I have a server running Windows Server 2008 and a third-party ftp
> service. This server is publicly accessible, so I would like to lock
> it down as much as possible.
>
> Since all it's doing is hosting ftp files, there's no need for it to
> have the Client for Microsoft Networks and other traditional network
> services enabled on this server.
>
> One problem I have is with running backups for this server. If I use
> Windows Server Backup I will need to access a share on another server
> to backup all drives.
>
> I'd like to enable Client for Microsoft Networks from a command-line
> long enough to map a drive and complete a backup to another server,
> then disable it again at the end of the process.
>
> Any suggestions on a method to toggle enable/disable of Client for
> Microsoft Networks from a command-line or script would be appreciated.
>