Executing a batch file in a remote machine through PsExec

Question

I am trying to run a batch file  in the batch file I have just written  notepad   on a remote PC through PSExec  The psexec command below runs in my laptop but fails to do anything on the remote PC  I don t even see  notepad  running on the list of processes in the remote machine      c  Program Files  x86  PSTools gt psexec -u administrator -p force   135 20 230 160 -s -d cmd exe  c -c  C  Amtra bogus bat   PsExec v2 11 - Execute processes remotely Copyright  C  2001-2014 Mark Russinovich Sysinternals - www sysinternals com   cmd exe started on 135 24 237 167 with process ID 1520      Anyone can help me where I am going wrong here   Thanks

User · Accepted Answer

You have an extra -c you need to get rid of   psexec -u administrator -p force   135 20 230 160 -s -d cmd exe  c  C  Amitra bogus bat

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Here s my current solution to run any code remotely on a given machine or list of machines asynchronously with logging  too    echo off    by Ralph Buchfelder  thanks to Mark Russinovich and Rob van der Woude for their work     requires PsExec exe to be in the same directory  download from http   technet microsoft com de-de sysinternals bb897553 aspx     troubleshoot remote commands with PsExec arguments -i or -s if neccessary  see http   forum sysinternals com pstools forum8 html     will run  in parallel  on a list of remote pcs  if given   to run serially please remove  START    CMD EXE  C  from the psexec call      help if   1     -h     echo   echo   n0  echo   echo Runs a command on one or many remote machines  If no input parameters  echo are given you will be asked for a target remote machine   echo   echo You will be prompted for remote credentials with elevated privileges   echo   echo UNC paths and local paths can be supplied   echo Commands will be executed on the remote side just the way you typed  echo them  so be sure to mind extensions and the path variable   echo   echo Please note that PsExec exe must be allowed on remote machines  i e   echo not blocked by firewall or antivirus solutions   echo   echo Syntax    n0    lt inputfile  gt    echo   echo     inputfile        a plain text file   one hostname or ip address per line    echo   echo   echo Example   echo   n0 mylist txt  exit  b 0      checkAdmin  gt nul 2 gt  amp 1   SYSTEMROOT  system32 cacls exe    SYSTEMROOT  system32 config system  if   errorlevel   neq  0     echo Set UAC   CreateObject   Shell Application     gt    temp  getadmin vbs   echo UAC ShellExecute    s0            runas   1  gt  gt    temp  getadmin vbs     temp  getadmin vbs   del   temp  getadmin vbs   exit  B   set ADMINTESTDIR  WINDIR  System32 Test  RANDOM  mkdir   ADMINTESTDIR   2 gt NUL if errorlevel 1    cls  echo ERROR  This script requires elevated privileges   echo   echo Launch by Right-Click   Run as Administrator      pause  exit  b 1   else    rd  s  q   ADMINTESTDIR    echo Running with elevated privileges      echo     checkRequirements if not exist    dp0PsExec exe     echo PsExec exe from Sysinternals Microsoft not found   echo in   dp0  echo   echo Download from http   technet microsoft com de-de sysinternals bb897553 aspx  echo   pause  exit  B      environment setlocal echo  echo   n0 echo                               echo  echo Working directory    cd   echo Script directory      dp0 echo  SET  P REMOTE USER Domain Administrator    SET  psCommand powershell -Command   pword   read-host  Kennwort  -AsSecureString          BSTR  System Runtime InteropServices Marshal   SecureStringToBSTR  pword              System Runtime InteropServices Marshal   PtrToStringAuto  BSTR    for  f  usebackq delims     p in    psCommand    do set REMOTE PASS   p if NOT DEFINED REMOTE PASS SET  P REMOTE PASS Password                echo  if   1       goto menu SET REMOTE LIST  1    inputMultipleTargets if not exist  REMOTE LIST     echo File  REMOTE LIST  not found  goto menu   type  REMOTE LIST   gt nul if   errorlevel   neq  0     echo Access denied  REMOTE LIST   goto menu   set batchProcessing true echo Batch processing     REMOTE LIST        ping -n 2 127 0 0 1  gt nul goto runOnce    menu if exist    dp0last computer   set  p LAST COMPUTER  lt    dp0last computer  if exist    dp0last listing    set  p LAST LISTING  lt    dp0last listing  if exist    dp0last directory  set  p LAST DIRECTORY  lt    dp0last directory  if exist    dp0last command    set  p LAST COMMAND  lt    dp0last command  if exist    dp0last timestamp  set  p LAST TIMESTAMP  lt    dp0last timestamp  echo  echo  echo                 1   select target computer  default  echo                 2   select multiple computers echo                     ----------------------------------- echo                     last target    LAST COMPUTER  echo                     last listing   LAST LISTING  echo                     last path      LAST DIRECTORY  echo                     last command   LAST COMMAND  echo                     last run       LAST TIMESTAMP  echo                     ----------------------------------- echo                 0   exit echo  echo ENTER your choice  echo  echo   mychoice SET  P mychoice  0  1         if NOT DEFINED mychoice  goto promptSingleTarget if   mychoice     1      goto promptSingleTarget if   mychoice     2      goto promptMultipleTargets if   mychoice     0      goto end goto mychoice    promptMultipleTargets echo  echo Please provide an input file echo  one IP address or hostname per line  SET  P REMOTE LIST Filename                goto inputMultipleTargets    promptSingleTarget SET batchProcessing  echo  echo Please provide a hostname SET  P REMOTE COMPUTER Target computer         goto runOnce    runOnce cls echo Note  Paths are mandatory for CMD-commands  e g  dir copy  to work  echo       Paths are provided on the remote machine via PUSHD  echo  SET  P REMOTE PATH UNC-Path or folder    SET  P REMOTE CMD Command with params   SET REMOTE TIMESTAMP  DATE   TIME  0 8  echo  echo Remote command starting   REMOTE PATH   REMOTE CMD   on  REMOTE TIMESTAMP     if not defined batchProcessing goto runOnceSingle    runOnceMulti REM do for each line  this circumvents PsExec s  file to have stdouts separately SET REMOTE LOG   dp0 log  REMOTE LIST  if not exist  REMOTE LOG  md  REMOTE LOG  for  F  tokens      A in   REMOTE LIST   do    if   REMOTE PATH        START    CMD EXE  C     dp0PSEXEC -u  REMOTE USER  -p  REMOTE PASS  -h -accepteula     A cmd  c   REMOTE CMD     gt   REMOTE LOG    A log  2  gt   REMOTE LOG    A debug log      if not   REMOTE PATH        START    CMD EXE  C     dp0PSEXEC -u  REMOTE USER  -p  REMOTE PASS  -h -accepteula     A cmd  c  pushd  REMOTE PATH   amp  amp   REMOTE CMD   amp  popd    gt   REMOTE LOG    A log  2  gt   REMOTE LOG    A debug log       goto restart    runOnceSingle SET REMOTE LOG   dp0 log if not exist  REMOTE LOG  md  REMOTE LOG  if   REMOTE PATH          dp0PSEXEC -u  REMOTE USER  -p  REMOTE PASS  -h -accepteula    REMOTE COMPUTER  cmd  c   REMOTE CMD    gt   REMOTE LOG   REMOTE COMPUTER  log  2 gt   REMOTE LOG   REMOTE COMPUTER  debug log  if not   REMOTE PATH          dp0PSEXEC -u  REMOTE USER  -p  REMOTE PASS  -h -accepteula    REMOTE COMPUTER  cmd  c  pushd  REMOTE PATH   amp  amp   REMOTE CMD   amp  popd   gt   REMOTE LOG   REMOTE COMPUTER  log  2 gt   REMOTE LOG   REMOTE COMPUTER  debug log  goto restart    restart echo  echo  echo Batch completed  Finished with last errorlevel  errorlevel    echo All outputs have been saved to   dp0log  REMOTE TIMESTAMP    echo  REMOTE PATH   gt    dp0last directory  echo  REMOTE CMD   gt    dp0last command  echo  REMOTE LIST   gt    dp0last listing  echo  REMOTE COMPUTER   gt    dp0last computer  echo  REMOTE TIMESTAMP   gt    dp0last timestamp  SET REMOTE PATH  SET REMOTE CMD  SET REMOTE LIST  SET REMOTE COMPUTER  SET REMOTE LOG  SET REMOTE TIMESTAMP  ping -n 2 127 0 0 1  gt nul goto menu    end SET REMOTE USER  SET REMOTE PASS

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