# Run cookbook as domain user

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**Created:** [February 1, 2017, 6:38am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/run-cookbook-as-domain-user/10334 "2017-02-01T06:38:43Z")\
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If you want to run the Chef-Client as a domain user I would recommend using “knife winrm” command.

Example of the syntax:  
`knife winrm "myserver.myorganization.net" "chef-client" -m -x "domain\Administrator" -P "super_secret_password"`

This can be executed from your local chef workstation.

You could also use PowerShell Remoting to connect to the remote server as a domain user and execute chef-client

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