Psexec issue

valdemirs

Could you help me with this psexec trouble?

If I execute this command in command line it´s works fine:

psexec \\1xx.2x.2x.1x -d -u "domain\user_admin" -p system123 c:\calc.exe

but if I run this command inside an alert (execute program option) it´s fails.

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ecklerwr1

have you tried it with the full path to executable ie.

c:\insertyoursysinternalsbin\psexec.exe \\1xx.2x.2x.1x -d -u "username" -p password c:\calc

FormerMember

One other thing to keep an eye on... Make sure the account the Alerting service is running under(most likely the System account) has access to psexec.exe.

mrxinu

Can psexec even run things remotely that require a display? What about running something a little more simple like a batch file that writes to a file in c:\?

valdemirs

Looking in services.msc I found that Solarwinds Alert Engine is running with "local system" account. Is there any way to change this to another user ?

ecklerwr1

I don't think you want to change the account the service runs under...

I think what Casey was saying to check is:

Goto the location of the psexec.exe and verify that system has right to read & execute it.

Also check the event logs when you try and have the Alerting engine run the action... not sure but it might give you a clue.

mrxinu yes pseexec can run things remotely with a gui but the gui is going to come up on the remote machine.

valdemirs stated he could run from command line without problems

mrxinu

Ah, fair enough. Then we're back to the situation I ran into - no matter what worked from the command line, it didn't work from the alerting engine. I also tried having the alerting engine run under a user I knew would have no problems running psexec locally. No dice.