Hi everyone,
I can't get PSExec to work. It keeps copying my installer into system32 (where it won't launch). Does anyone know how to copy from the local to the remote computer to a directory that isn't system32? My psexec command line is
psexec \000.00.00.000 -f -u DOMAIN\meuser -p testpwd -c ..\Installer\test.exe /S
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT: It won't launch because I don't have full administrative rights on the computer. It will launch from other directories
Can you XCOPY the installer to a certain place on the remote PC and then PSExec the installer? PSExec shouldn't actually have to copy anything... Let me know if I'm missing something.
If you don't have full administrative rights on the computer, and are trying to psexec, I question your motives. Can you explain what you are really doing? Who owns the machine?
Have you tried:
net use G: \\remotecomputer\droppoint mypassword /user:myuser@mydomain
xcopy installer G:
You need to have admin rights on the target as part of psexec starts up a windows service on the target, and you need admin rights to be able to do that.
psexec copies a psexecsvc file to the admin share and then using remote management starts up a service using that file. It opens up named pipes and uses that for further communication. When it's finished it tidies up after itself.
Try using the -w parameter to PsExec to set the working directory for the process on the remote computer. I think the file might still be copied to the system32 directory, but when it is executed the working directory will be the directory specified.
From the PSExec command-line help:
-w Set the working directory of the process (relative to remote computer).