psexec giving the system cannot find the file specified

Question

I'm trying to run this from my win7 CMD (as Admin):

psexec IpAddress -u domain\user -p pword c:\Autobatch\ClientJobSender.exe http://reportserver.net:8070/JobExecutor.asmx c:\AutoBatch\backup\trigger.xml

but am getting a "the system cannot find the file specified" error.

I've also tried it this way:

psexec IpAddress -u domain\user -p pword c:\Autobatch\ClientJobSender.exe http://reportserver.net:8070/JobExecutor.asmx c:\AutoBatch\backup\trigger.xml

but get a unknown user or bad password.

What's weird is that I can connect via Remote desktop with the same IP address and user/pass.

Airtight

Answer 1

Make sure the server has the settings below:

a) Admin share is enabled: run services.msc and check the Service "Server" is enabled
b) Add the key for the share in the registry and restart:
reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters" /v AutoShareServer /t REG_DWORD /d 1

And then use:

psexec \\IpAddress -u domain\user -p pword -w "c:\Autobatch" "ClientJobSender.exe http://reportserver.net:8070/JobExecutor.asmx c:\AutoBatch\backup\trigger.xml"

Undermanned

Answer 2

Actually, I don't see a difference between your 2 command lines. However, the error from the first command is because your syntax is incorrect. You must use

PsExec \\a.b.c.d ...

instead of

PsExec a.b.c.d ...

Scrivens

ok...so I tried this: psexec \\a.b.c.d -u username -p password c:\autobatch\trigger.bat but still get "Couldn't access a.b.c.d: The network path was not found." it also says "Make sure that default admin$ share is enabled on a.b.c.d." but am not sure how to check that – Airtight

On the remote host run net share in a command prompt. The command lists the shares provided by the host. You also need to be able to access ports 135/tcp (RPC endpoint mapper) and 445/tcp (Direct SMB) on the remote host. If you have the Windows Firewall enabled, you must add exceptions for these ports. – Scrivens

I only got the following Share Names back. IPC$ and Hosting. There was no "Resource for IPC$ and the Resource for Hosting was "D:\Hosting." Is IPC$ what I'm looking for? windows firewall is also turned off completely. – Airtight

If admin$ is missing on the remote host, some genius seems to have disabled administrative shares. Re-enable them. – Scrivens

Answer 3

I got it to work by elevating the local batch file to execute with administrator privileges, that is to say, the terminal window was operating with administrator privileges.

Tenterhook

Answer 4

If you're trying to use automation services, you can use the ClientJobSender.exe on the local machine (or on the machine where you set up the scheduling). Just copy the ClientJobSender.exe and the related config file from the install pack to the scheduler server and refer it locally.

Kitts

Answer 5

You might have the directory path wrong. Try change the .exe path into cmd.exe and cd into your intended path to see if it is actually the correct path.

Cradlesong