Solved: WIndows XP Runas - Doesn't like space in our user names

[StumpedTechy]

When using Microsofts runas command I get an interesting problem. Anyone know of a workaround (besides the obvious answer of changing our user naming convention which isn't going to happen no matter how hard I try).

When I use the runas command on a machine I can run it as administrator I.E.

Runas /User:OurDomain\Administrator notepad.exe (does not matter what exe I am trying to run) I get the command prompt for a password and it then opens once the password is supplied.

but if I do -

Runas /User:OurDomain\User 01854 notepad.exe it will not work.

I.E. the persons login is User 01854 (note the space in the username)

the only thing I can see is that runas does NOT like the space because if I make a person called User01854 and then do the runas command it works just fine.

Anyone know how to get it to recognize the space as a space and NOT as a break in the command?

 

[MFDnNC]

put quotes around the /User:OurDomain\User 01854 notepad.exe ?

 

[StumpedTechy]

actually just putting quotes areound "/User:OurDomain\User 01854" was the answer. Thanks for the pointer though that made me think about them "encapsulating" the portion that needed to be done.