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How to Execute process or an exe on remote machines.

Zones: Active Directory, Windows Network Security Questions, Windows 2003 Server

Tags: VB.NET Windows Service

Hi, I have a windows Service running on a Server say for example Machine A. This Windows Service is used for distributing software across all the machines in the network ( OS is Windows 2003 in all the machines in the network. The Windows Service runs as a Domain Admin account). There is a UNC Share in all the machines and Windows Service copies the software packages from the server (Machine A) to this UNC Share across all the machines .
I need to execute the exe on the remote machine (say for example on Machine B) from machine A. The Exe queries the Active Directory (say for example the AD is on Machine C) and returns the result to EXE which is used for manipulating the Local Group Policy of Machine B.
How do i create a process on the remote machine and execute the exe on machine B from Machine A.

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Zone: OS

Question Asked By: hpvenkatesh1

Solution Provided By: johnb6767

Participating Experts: 2

Solution Grade: C

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01.08.2008 at 05:16AM PST, ID: 20608197

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Darylx:

Have you tried PSEXEC?

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553.aspx

01.08.2008 at 11:03PM PST, ID: 20616054

hpvenkatesh1:

Hi Darylx, I tried executing the Exe using psexec. But the command did not retrieve the results from Active Directory ( ie Machine C). The psexec command executed without any errors (error code 0). I ran the psexec command with the domain admin credentials.
I tried running a *.cmd file which in turn calls /runs a *.vbs file which is used for querying the AD on Mach C. [Note: inside .cmd file i have a command to run the .vbs script file ie start <path>/xxx.vbs]
[psexec \\remotemach \\remotemach\path\xxx.cmd -u "username" -p "password"].
I also tried running directly the *.vbs file, [psexec \\remotemach cscript.exe \\remotemach\path\xxx.vbs -u "username" -p "password". The machine hangs for a long time and the execution was not completed. On the remote machine, when i saw the task manager, the cscript.exe process was running and after terminating this cscript.exe process, the psexec command terminated with an error code 1.
Note: i also executed the *.cmd file on the remote mach directly so as to verify that command executed without any errors. I was able to execute the same and get the results from the AD.
My query is whether it is possible to execute the *.vbs file within the *.cmd file through psexec?

01.09.2008 at 07:23AM PST, ID: 20618846

Rank: Master

johnb6767:

So the .cmd and the .vbs are both stored on the network? And does the .cmd file have the path to the .vbs file? If so, copy the .cmd file locally, same directory where psexec is stored, and push it WITH psexec using the "-c" switch....

psexec \\remotemach -c -u domain\username -p password cmd.exe

01.10.2008 at 05:00AM PST, ID: 20626737

hpvenkatesh1:

Hi John, I was able to execute the command from the command prompt but i was not able to execute the same from the WIndows service. The process was getting created on the local machine instead of the remote machine.
I created a new process and ran the same from the windows service. The command did not return any results. I 'm writing the results to a txt file on the remote machine so as to verify the results.
When i execute the psexec cmd from the command prompt, i'm able to verify the results but when i execute the same thing from windows service, i dont get any results.
I have attached the code which i'm using in the windows service. WIndows service runs as a domain account.

                       
              Dim processInfo As ProcessStartInfo = New ProcessStartInfo()
            processInfo.FileName = "psexec.exe" 
            processInfo.WorkingDirectory = "C:\PSTools\"
            processInfo.Arguments = "\\remotemachine -c -u domain\username -p password *.cmd <path>\*.vbs" 
'Note: the .vbs is file is located on the remote machine, psexec and *.cmd file is located in the directory of the local machine where psexec is stored.
 
            'start the process
            Dim p As New Process()
            p.StartInfo = processInfo 
            p.Start()

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01.10.2008 at 06:08AM PST, ID: 20627178

Rank: Master

johnb6767:

Whats in the .cmd file I was assuming it was ....

<path>\*.vbs

01.10.2008 at 10:28PM PST, ID: 20634570

hpvenkatesh1:

I have *.cmd file (command file) which is used for creating directories on remote machine and after creating the same, it calls a *.vbs file which is used for querying the Active Directory on another machine.
I need to do this programmatically using Windows Service(VB.NET)

01.11.2008 at 06:39AM PST, ID: 20636621

Rank: Master

johnb6767:

So the .cmd file creates the folders on the machine it is run on?

And then calls the .vbs on the remote machine?

I am sorry to say, I dont code, so much out of DOS is out of my league.

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