Can I use MBSA to scan remotely outside of a domain?

[pil123]

When I use the MBSACLI command-line interface to remotely scan a machine
that is not joined to a domain:

"mbsacli /u <remote admin> /p <remote admin password> /target <ip> /n
os+iis+sql+password"

I get this error message:

"Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password"

Any ideas?

[Bruce Au]

I have the same problem, can anyone provide a solution for us ?

Thanks.

[ckwong1...@yahoo.com]

Hi there

The answer for you is Yes:).

This is how you can perform a scan, let assume the ip address of the remote
server is 10.10.10.1 and the username is admin1234

1)you can cd to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2>
or you can do set path="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Baseline Security
Analyzer 2"
2)runas /netonly /user:admin1234 mbsa

It will prompt for password and just key in the password the MBSA gui will
pop up,you can perform the scanning there.

I hope you can perform the task and do let me know if you like to ask more
question on this, I be happy to assists you.I can be reach by email or Yahoo
Messenger:)
Wong Chon Kit
Microsoft Certified Trainer
Microsoft Certified System Engineer
Microsoft Certified IT Profesional
Senior IT Security Specialist

[s.cha...@gmail.com]

Windows PowerShell
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PS C:\Users\charnyuth.s> cd\
PS C:\> cd '.\Program Files\Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2'
PS C:\Program Files\Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2> runas /netonly /user:administrator mbsa
Enter the password for administrator:
Attempting to start mbsa as user "STA-PC\administrator" ...
RUNAS ERROR: Unable to run - mbsa
740: The requested operation requires elevation.
PS C:\Program Files\Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2>

[jura...@gmail.com]

i tried this but cant access the remote system