Microsoft KB Archive/150536

= Rcmd.exe Err Msg: Error 53 Failed to Connect to Server =

Article ID: 150536

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q150536



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 = 53

where servername is the NetBIOS name of the server on which you are attempting to execute a command.



CAUSE
This error may occur when RCMD cannot communicate with the destination server.



RESOLUTION
The above error equates to the common networking error 53, "The network path was not found." To resolve this issue, you will need to verify connectivity to the server. Depending on what networking protocols are in use on your network, this may involve hardware issues as well as high-level issues, such as name resolution.

For more information, see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge base:

151519Resource Kit Utility Provides Remote Command Execution

Keywords: kberrmsg kbnetwork kbprb KB150536

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