Rcmd.exe Err Msg: Error 123 Failed to Connect to \\\\Servername

• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5, 3.51, 4.0
• Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51, 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you run the Windows NT Resource Kit utility Remote Command Service (RCMD), you may receive the following error message:

Failed to connect to <\\\\servername>, Error = 123

CAUSE

This error message may appear because, while in an interactive multisession, you entered the server name with leading backslashes.

RESOLUTION

When in interactive multisession mode, RCMD prompts for the server name on which to run a remote command and expects only the NetBIOS name of the server without the leading backslashes.

For more information on the proper usage for Rcmd.exe, type the following at a command prompt and press ENTER:

rcmd /?

For more information on RCMD, see the following article in the Microsoft knowledge base:

Q151519Resource Kit Utility Provides Remote Command Execution

Keywords : kberrmsg kbnetwork kbtool ntnetserv ntreskit NTSrvWkst
Version : WinNT:3.5,3.51,4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbprb