Help Please

[icey]

Hey guys,

 

I'm stuggling to make a batch file that uses RCMD to start another Batch file on a network PC.

 

Please review and let me know your thoughts. I've had to *** out folders to conceal my employer (sorry!)

 

@echo off
echo This file must be placed on your Jumpbox desktop.
set /p ID="Enter ID:"
C:\*****\pstools\rcmd \\%ID%-bos1 cmd

start "" "c:\Program Files (x86)\*****\SiteLink\Bin\MsgManCallHostNow.bat"
pause

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Brad

[Darkangel86]

15 hours ago, icey said:

C:\*****\pstools\rcmd \\%ID%-bos1 cmd

Shouldn't this be "cmd.exe" in the end? (not sure if it makes a difference).

15 hours ago, icey said:

start "" "c:\Program Files (x86)\*****\SiteLink\Bin\MsgManCallHostNow.bat"

Why are you using "start"? If you want to run a batch file just traverse to it as follows:

 

c:\Program Files (x86)\*****\SiteLink\Bin\MsgManCallHostNow.bat

 

and it will run. Only use "start" if you want to run stuff asynchronously. Is that what you're trying to do?

[icey]

1 hour ago, Darkangel86 said:

Shouldn't this be "cmd.exe" in the end? (not sure if it makes a difference).

Why are you using "start"? If you want to run a batch file just traverse to it as follows:

 

c:\Program Files (x86)\*****\SiteLink\Bin\MsgManCallHostNow.bat

 

and it will run. Only use "start" if you want to run stuff asynchronously. Is that what you're trying to do?

Thanks Darkangel,

 

It doesn't matter whether you specify cmd's file extension.

 

I've removed start and it makes no difference. 

 

When I run the batch file, it connects to the remote machine via RCMD and then does nothing.

[Darkangel86]

1 minute ago, icey said:

Thanks Darkangel,

 

It doesn't matter whether you specify cmd's file extension.

 

I've removed start and it makes no difference. 

 

When I run the batch file, it connects to the remote machine via RCMD and then does nothing.

How are you sure that it is doing nothing vs. just not returning an output to you?

 

In the batch file, can you have it create a file or dump output to file just to verify whether or not something's happening on the remote machine?

[icey]

4 minutes ago, Darkangel86 said:

How are you sure that it is doing nothing vs. just not returning an output to you?

 

In the batch file, can you have it create a file or dump output to file just to verify whether or not something's happening on the remote machine?

I have no idea, I do like the sound of it though

[Darkangel86]

1 minute ago, icey said:

I have no idea, I do like the sound of it though

Okay, then have the batch file dump something on disk that you can check manually after execution if you're not piping standard error and standard output.

[icey]

It's definitely not executing the batch file I can confirm

 

[Darkangel86]

5 minutes ago, icey said:

It's definitely not executing the batch file I can confirm

 

Okay, let's backtrack a little bit.

 

Can you do any thing on the remote machine?

 

Let's try to do something like "dir > output.txt" in C:\

 

then verify that output.txt was created in C:\ (you need to be admin to do this).

[icey]

1 minute ago, Darkangel86 said:

Okay, let's backtrack a little bit.

 

Can you do any thing on the remote machine?

 

Let's try to do something like "dir > output.txt" in C:\

 

then verify that output.txt was created in C:\ (you need to be admin to do this).

Yes I have full privs - I'm able to do anything in the cmd prompt once the batch file connects to the remote machine

[Darkangel86]

1 minute ago, icey said:

Yes I have full privs - I'm able to do anything in the cmd prompt once the batch file connects to the remote machine

Okay, can you run OTHER batch files? Create a simple one and test.

 

Also can you actually execute the following line manually once you are connected to the remote machine?

18 hours ago, icey said:

start "" "c:\Program Files (x86)\*****\SiteLink\Bin\MsgManCallHostNow.bat"

If so, what is the output?

[icey]

28 minutes ago, Darkangel86 said:

Okay, can you run OTHER batch files? Create a simple one and test.

 

Also can you actually execute the following line manually once you are connected to the remote machine?

If so, what is the output?

It works as intended if I paste " c:\Program Files (x86)\*****\SiteLink\Bin\MsgManCallHostNow.bat"  after the cmd prompt opens

 

I can also run any batch file, no a question of privs being network admin

[Darkangel86]

1 hour ago, icey said:

It works as intended if I paste " c:\Program Files (x86)\*****\SiteLink\Bin\MsgManCallHostNow.bat"  after the cmd prompt opens

 

I can also run any batch file, no a question of privs being network admin

Did you try the "CALL" command?

[Darkangel86]

So you can remotely run any batch file from the same script but you can't run that SPECIFIC batch file? Let me know. The next thing I'll do if you don't figure it out is try to recreate it here on my network.

[icey]

Thanks for all your help Darkangel,

 

I figured out the batch file I was trying to run was simply calling another batch file. I re-wrote it to look like this which works perfectly

 

@echo off
echo This file must be placed on your Jumpbox desktop.
set /p ID="Enter Site ID: "
C:\*****\pstools\rcmd \\%ID%-bos1 call "c:\Program Files (x86)\*******\SiteLink\Bin\SSMsgManCtrl.exe" CONTACTHOST
sleep 3
echo Download Complete!
pause

 

[Darkangel86]

3 hours ago, icey said:

Thanks for all your help Darkangel,

 

I figured out the batch file I was trying to run was simply calling another batch file. I re-wrote it to look like this which works perfectly

 

@echo off
echo This file must be placed on your Jumpbox desktop.
set /p ID="Enter Site ID: "
C:\*****\pstools\rcmd \\%ID%-bos1 call "c:\Program Files (x86)\*******\SiteLink\Bin\SSMsgManCtrl.exe" CONTACTHOST
sleep 3
echo Download Complete!
pause

 

Glad it worked out! Thanks for reporting back so others can utilize your findings!