Aadhar Joshi (6/24/2013)
If you enalbe xp_cmdshell option in configuration, it does not give effect immediately for current session. U have to use Reconfigure command to give immediate effect.
One would hope that a tool like sqlmap, one that touted being able to test the security of an instance, would know to call RECONFIGURE after enabling xp_cmdshell.
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