Re: What permissions do I need to use admin$ ?

From: Kerry Brown (kerry_at_kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m)
Date: 11/29/05 

Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 13:27:52 -0800

Maury Markowitz wrote:
> "Kerry Brown" wrote:
>
>> What are you trying to accomplish with psexec?
>
> All I need to do is run a batch file. The batch file spawns an
> interactive application that imports data into a db. The morons that
> wrote it included a "batch mode", but it nevertheless displays both a
> splash screen as well as a dialog box saying it's complete.
>
> I have tried every possible tool I can think of...
>
> "at" fails because the application appears to be setting the working
> directory, which for some reason is not allowed. at runs as the
> logged in user, which in this case is the admin.
>
> rcmd fails because on this machine any attempt to run with "allow
> access to desktop", which is required for an interactive app, fails
> with an error about kernel32.dll failing to initialize. MS has a tech
> note on this error, but it does not describe how to fix it in terms I
> can understand.
>
> psexec fails as I mentioned, with an "Access is denied".
>
> However, I have made progress with psexec. By simply using:
>
> psexec \\server cmd
>
> ...with no user or pass I _was_ able to run cmd! However when I ran
> the batch file in question, psexec never returns from the importer
> program. I assume it is "frozen" waiting for the user to click
> something which is not visible on the screen.
>
> This shouldn't be this hard! Am I overlooking some other solution?
>
> Maury

Did you see Steven L Umbach's post? Adding your domain account to the local
administrators group on the server might work.

It's been a long time since I used NT4 and I've never used psexec so I'm out
of ideas.

Kerry

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