WMI remote call in python script to create process on remote windows computer

[Processor-Dev1l]

On Oct 8, 10:22 am, Tim Golden <m... at timgolden.me.uk> wrote:
> David Jackson wrote:
> > ok, cut and pasted, but changed the username/password to protect the innocent.
> > this is from interactive prompt.
> > let me know if i am still not doing the slashes correctly please.
> > i doubt authentication is the issue.; i can get pid information using
> > WQL queries.
> > objCreateProc.Create expects 4 strings (not objects?), right?
>
> Invoking a method isn't as easy as that, I'm afraid. At
> the risk of being boring, can I ask again why you aren't
> using the wmi module, which solves these problems for
> you?
>
> In short you want to do something like this:
> (simplified for testing purposes to use the local machine)
>
> <code>
> import win32com.client
>
> wmi = win32com.client.GetObject ("winmgmts:")
> win32_process = wmi.Get ("Win32_Process")
> in_parameters = win32_process.Methods_ ("Create").InParameters
> in_parameters.Properties_ ('CommandLine').Value = "notepad.exe"
> result = win32_process.ExecMethod_ ("Create", in_parameters)
>
> </code>
>
> TJG

Good point, I would like just to add this:
wmi = win32com.client.GetObject ("winmgmts:\\\\username:password at host\
\root\\cimv2")
and it is perfect :)