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WMI itself cannot cater to password that contain both single and double quotes. It is recommended to avoid these characters altogether in the password.
Using a pipe character in the password is also fraught with danger. Obviously the pipe character | directs the output of one command into another in the Linux shell. The can be avoided when using th eshell by enclosing the entire password in double quotes.
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WINDEVDOMAIN/administrator%"my|admin|password" |
TARGET
The target Windows computer should be specified as either the IP address or the hostname only (that must resolve in DNS).
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marku@test:/usr/local/nmis8/bin$ ./wmic -U WINDEVDOMAIN/administrator%my_admin_password //10.152.0.40 "select * from Win32_OperatingSystem"
CLASS: Win32_OperatingSystem
BootDevice|BuildNumber|BuildType|Caption|CodeSet|CountryCode|CreationClassName|CSCreationClassName|CSDVersion|CSName|CurrentTimeZone|DataExecutionPrevention_32BitApplications|DataExecutionPrevention_Available|DataExecutionPrevention_Drivers|DataExecutionPrevention_SupportPolicy|Debug|Description|Distributed|EncryptionLevel|ForegroundApplicationBoost|FreePhysicalMemory|FreeSpaceInPagingFiles|FreeVirtualMemory|InstallDate|LargeSystemCache|LastBootUpTime|LocalDateTime|Locale|Manufacturer|MaxNumberOfProcesses|MaxProcessMemorySize|MUILanguages|Name|NumberOfLicensedUsers|NumberOfProcesses|NumberOfUsers|OperatingSystemSKU|Organization|OSArchitecture|OSLanguage|OSProductSuite|OSType|OtherTypeDescription|PAEEnabled|PlusProductID|PlusVersionNumber|PortableOperatingSystem|Primary|ProductType|RegisteredUser|SerialNumber|ServicePackMajorVersion|ServicePackMinorVersion|SizeStoredInPagingFiles|Status|SuiteMask|SystemDevice|SystemDirectory|SystemDrive|TotalSwapSpaceSize|TotalVirtualMemorySize|TotalVisibleMemorySize|Version|WindowsDirectory
\Device\HarddiskVolume2|14393|Multiprocessor Free|Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Datacenter|1252|1|Win32_OperatingSystem|Win32_ComputerSystem|(null)|WINNOW|0|True|True|True|3|False||False|256|2|2444088|943512|3478896|20201021053937.000000+000|0|20210531040349.499770+000|20210604010119.214000+000|0409|Microsoft Corporation|4294967295|137438953344|(en-US)|Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Datacenter|C:\Windows|\Device\Harddisk0\Partition3|0|57|8|8|(null)|64-bit|1033|400|18|(null)|False|(null)|(null)|False|True|3|(null)|00376-40000-00000-AA947|0|0|1048576|OK|400|\Device\HarddiskVolume3|C:\Windows\system32|C:|0|5241572|4192996|10.0.14393|C:\Windows |
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