RunAsCurrentUser Not working

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(imported topic written by choro)

I’m trying to use RunAsCurrentUser v2.0 and having issues.

I do not receive any errors it just won’t execute the program (batch file).

This is my ActionScrip: (Have the download command downloading the util)

delete “c:\temp\Copy this file.resource”

copy “{(pathname of client folder of current site) & “__Download\Copy this file.resource”}” “c:\temp\Copy this file.resource”

delete “c:\temp\Copy this file.resource.xml”

copy “{(pathname of client folder of current site) & “__Download\Copy this file.resource.xml”}” “c:\temp\Copy this file.resource.xml”

delete __appendfile

appendfile @echo off

appendfile copy “c:\temp\Copy this file.resource” “c:\documents and settings%username%\My Documents\Software\Content\Copy this file.resource” /y

appendfile copy “c:\temp\Copy this file.resource.xml” “c:\documents and settings%username%\My Documents\Software\Content\Copy this file.resource.xml” /y

delete copyfile.bat

copy __appendfile copyfile.bat

wait “{(pathname of client folder of current site) & “__Download\RunAsCurrentUser-2.0.exe”}” --r “c:\temp\copyfile.bat”

I have verified that all files are copied where they should be. The .bat file is created and copied with no problems. I can double-click on the coped .bat file and it runs as needed.

Thank you for all your help.

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(imported comment written by BenKus)

It seems like your copyfile.bat is in the wrong spot (I don’t see why it would be in “C:\temp”)…

Try changing the last line to:

wait “{(pathname of client folder of current site) & “__Download\RunAsCurrentUser-2.0.exe”}” --r copyfile.bat

Ben

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(imported comment written by choro)

Hey Ben Kus, thank you for your reply.

The file is in the c:\temp directory because i copied it there from the __Download folder. I’ve check to make sure that the file is in c:\temp and it works fine if executed manually. But, won’t run when i pass it to the RunAsCurrentUser.

If I execute the RunAsCurrentUser thru a .bat file from my desktop should it execute the program as it would if I ran it thru a Fixlet?

Thanx

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(imported comment written by BenKus)

Hey choro,

But in your actionscript you posted, I don’t see it copying to the “C:\temp” folder…

So basically it looks to me that you are telling RunAsCurrentUser.exe to run a file that doesn’t exist.

Ben

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(imported comment written by SystemAdmin)

I’m guessing Choro is testing a manually copied a copyfile.bat to c:\temp and kicked off the action. So the action creates a file that’s not used and rather uses a file that’s present.

His last question asks if he can try using RunAsCurrentUser.exe in his own personal .bat file to see if it works (without using BigFix at all). I guess you could as long as you launch it as the system account? I don’t know if you can run that as just a local admin. If so, (and it’s Vista), you’ll have to at least run it as administrator.

Choro – I’m guessing your problem might be that your not downloading RunAsCurrentUser-2.0.exe at all. Try adding the following to the beginning of your action. Also change your line that run RunAsCurrentUser-2.0.exe and make it just RunAsCurrentUser.exe.

if {exists current user}

prefetch RunAsCurrentUser.exe sha1:5512ef51a98dff1aa910a8189a0361c161fa703f size:212992 http://software.bigfix.com/download/bes/util/RunAsCurrentUser-2.0.2.exe

utility __Download\RunAsCurrentUser.exe

…But yes, after all your testing… in the end you should have it run copyfile.bat and not c:\temp\copyfile.bat. I think you realize that already.

-Paul

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(imported comment written by gjeremia91)

I had many issues with run as current user - especially if my batch file uses STDIN or STDOUT, so make sure that your script is “quiet”.

so, try:

delete __appendfile

appendfile @echo off

appendfile copy “c:\temp\Copy this file.resource” “c:\documents and settings%username%\My Documents\Software\Content\Copy this file.resource” /y >NUL 2>&!

appendfile copy “c:\temp\Copy this file.resource.xml” “c:\documents and settings%username%\My Documents\Software\Content\Copy this file.resource.xml” /y >NUL 2>&!

delete copyfile.bat

copy __appendfile copyfile.bat

wait “{(pathname of client folder of current site) & “__Download\RunAsCurrentUser-2.0.exe”}” --w “{(pathname of client folder of current site)}\copyfile.bat”