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PSEXEC

Hi,

I am trying to run a program in a remote PC from my program.
I am using "psexec" to do it.
he command is: "C:\Program Files\Supervisor\psexec.exe" \\OFFICE -d -e \\OFFICE\C\Temp2\Temp2.exe

When I do it from a CMD window it works OK (it opens a dialog, but when I do it from ShellExecute command
like that
ShellExecute(NULL,"open","C:\Program Files\Supervisor\psexec.exe","\\OFFICE -d -e \\OFFICE\C\Temp2\Temp2.exe",NULL,SW_SHOW), it opens the CMD for split second (so I cannot see the error).
Questions:
1. How can I tell the CMD not to close itself, so I can see the errors?
2. When I try to run the command (from the CMD window) on another PC (e.g PC2) I get the following error: Couldn't access PC2. I can write on PC2 from my computer. How can I enable the psexec?

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eth4rendil

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goss34

Hi VapiSoft,

If you save your command statement as a batch file and add "pause" on the line underneath that should pause the window on the screen so you can see whats happening.

Does the PC that works have any different permissions? Logged on as the same user etc?

eth4rendil

psexec requirements / FAQ

http://forum.sysinternals.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=15920

jkr

Your 'ShellExecute()' statement is incorrect, that should be

ShellExecute(NULL,"open","C:\\Program Files\\Supervisor\\psexec.exe","\\\\OFFICE -d -e \\\\OFFICE\\C\\Temp2\\Temp2.exe",NULL,SW_SHOW)

Apart from that, try running PsExec using the following funciot using

ExecuteAndWaitForCompletion("C:\\Program Files\\Supervisor\\psexec.exe \\\\OFFICE -d -e \\\\OFFICE\\C\\Temp2\\Temp2.exe",FALSE)

DWORD ExecuteAndWaitForCompletion   (   LPSTR   pszCmd, BOOL bShow)
{
	STARTUPINFO         si;
	PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;
 
	BOOL                bRes;
 
	DWORD               dwCode  =   0;
 
	MSG				   msg;
 
	ZeroMemory  (   &si,    sizeof  (   STARTUPINFO));
 
	si.cb           =   sizeof  (   STARTUPINFO);
	si.dwFlags      =   STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
	si.wShowWindow  =   bShow ? SW_SHOWNORMAL : SW_HIDE;
 
	bRes    =   CreateProcess   (   NULL,
								   pszCmd,
								   NULL,
								   NULL,
								   TRUE,
								   NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS,
								   NULL,
								   NULL,
								   &si,
								   &pi
							   );
 
	while   (   WAIT_OBJECT_0   !=  MsgWaitForMultipleObjects   (   1,
																   &pi.hProcess,
																   FALSE,
																   INFINITE,
																   QS_ALLINPUT
															   )
		   )
		   {
			   while   (   PeekMessage (   &msg,   NULL,   0,  0,  PM_REMOVE))
					   {
						   DispatchMessage     (   &msg);
					   }
		   }
 
	GetExitCodeProcess  (   pi.hProcess,    &dwCode);
 
	CloseHandle (   pi.hProcess);
	CloseHandle (   pi.hThread);
 
	return  (   dwCode);
}

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VapiSoft

ASKER

About the ShellExec it works now (I made a mistake in the syntax), but I still don't know how to "tell" the CMD window not to close (I cannot ad a "pause" to the command because it is not a batch file).
The problem is still activating a command on a remote computer.
I changed the registry as described by "eth4rendil" but I still get the error: Can't acccess PC2

jkr

If you use 'ExecuteAndWaitForComp()' from above, you can use a shell to redirect the output to check for errors or even keep the window open with '/k', e.g.

ExecuteAndWaitForCompletion("cmd.exe /k C:\\Program Files\\Supervisor\\psexec.exe \\\\OFFICE -d -e \\\\OFFICE\\C\\Temp2\\Temp2.exe >> err.log",FALSE)

VapiSoft

ASKER

OK, I used 'ExecuteAndWaitForComp with the exac command line as you wrote.
1. It never returns from the function ('ExecuteAndWaitForComp) it stays in the "while (PeekMessage
forever, and the err.log is empty.

jkr

Ooops, correction here, your paths contains spaces which need to be quoted - try

ExecuteAndWaitForCompletion("cmd.exe /k \"C:\\Program Files\\Supervisor\\psexec.exe\" \\\\OFFICE -d -e \\\\OFFICE\\C\\Temp2\\Temp2.exe >> err.log",TRUE);

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VapiSoft

ASKER

It doesn't help, it still inside the while loop.

jkr

Well, that only means that the command hasn't finished - if you want that to happen, use '/c' instead of '/k', e.g.

ExecuteAndWaitForCompletion("cmd.exe /c \"C:\\Program Files\\Supervisor\\psexec.exe\" \\\\OFFICE -d -e \\\\OFFICE\\C\\Temp2\\Temp2.exe >> err.log",TRUE);

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VapiSoft

ASKER

It works only if I add -u (user-name) to the command.

VapiSoft

ASKER

To: eth4rendil,
I don't know what happend (probably I restarted the computer) and now it does not work, and I get the "Access Denied" again.
Do you have any idea what happend?