On 12/14/2010 12:54 PM, VIPCS wrote: > If you use the psexec command as the user to run a command (i.e., cmd.exe), > does it work?
No. psexec never executes anything. Not cmd.exe, not echo, not anything. > Or is it specific to a VBScript file? The problem is not the VBscripts (as I have not even tried doing that with psexec yet). The vbscripts themselves work perfectly, when executed from the command line, while logged in as the same user I am using to test out psexec. I execute them manually all the time, without incident. > Since the script fails to run at all (rather than reporting an error > running), it is likely that the problem is not with the VBScript code, but > that it is a VBScript file at all (unless psexec fails to execute on the > system at all). psexec fails with " Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password.", regardless of what command I tell it to execute. I am not running the VBscript yet; I am merely trying to get psexec to run ANYTHING locally as the specified user, and it is not doing so. > You could check the VBS file properties itself, and see if there is an > "unblock" button. > > Sincerely, > > Jeffrey and Mary Jane Harris > VIPCS > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Leone [mailto:oozerd...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 12:46 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: psexec wont' accept login/password to execute locally > > I have a Win2003 Std, SP2 server. I have a need to run a batch file that > executes a VBscript as an elevated user. (I didn't write the script). > This batch file gets executed by EMC Networker, as a ore-command before > backing up this server. It turns off services (SourceOne mail > archiving). I have a similar script to re-enable services after backup. > > The problem is that Networker executes as a "nobody" user, according to > EMC. So what I need to do is have this script call the VBscript with > elevated privileges, so it can stop the services. But psexec v1.98 is > not working for me, always complaining of an invalid ID and password, > even when I triple-check that everything is entered fine. Note that > "runas" works, but won't allow me to save the password. > > Here's a test I just did. psexec did not work, but runas did ... > > ---------------------- > V:\utils\PS Tools>psexec -u u...@domain "cmd /c 'type psversion.txt'" > > PsExec v1.98 - Execute processes remotely > Copyright (C) 2001-2010 Mark Russinovich > Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com > > Password: > PsExec could not start cmd /c 'type psversion.txt': > Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password. > > V:\utils\PS Tools>runas /user:u...@domain "cmd /c 'type psversion.txt'" > Enter the password for u...@domain: > Attempting to start cmd /c 'type psversion.txt' as user "u...@domain" ... > ---------------------- > > I'm not a VBscripter, so I don't know how to modify the VBscripts > themselves. Nor am I comfortable changing a script from the vendor, for > fearing of screwing something else up. > > So: any idea why psexec complains of a login failure, even when I use > the exact same username and password as the "runas" command (which works > fine)? Is there a setting somewhere that is blocking me? I know psexec > is designed more for working on a remote system, but it should work to > do what I need it to do locally, shouldn't it? > > Thanks > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
