Running SophosSetup.exe Command from Fixlet

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Hello all,

We have a fixlet to install Sophos cloud client but we also need another fixlet/task that will run a command to point our servers to the right message relay, however, the cmd needs to be in the directory when we run the command manually so I wasn’t sure if my below action script would work as I think it would.

copy “\vailsys.deerfield\opsdfs\WinOps\SophosCloudInstaller\Server Installer\SophosSetup.exe” “__Download\SophosSetup.exe”

copy __Download\SophosSetup.exe “C:\SophosSetup.exe”

waithidden cmd.exe /C “C:\SophosSetup.exe --messagerelays=RELAY_SERVER_IP_ADDRESS:8190”

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It’s not clear to me whether you’re saying that the above action script does not work, or if you haven’t tried it. If it doesn’t work, does it fail on a particular line? Any idea how far it’s getting?

If your issue is that the command needs to be run from the directory the SophosSetup.exe executable is in, I’d suggest making a createfile that first does a cd into the root of C and then runs your last line.

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Thanks alinder so the script is copying the executable to the C drive, but it looks like the last line its just sitting at running forever until I stop it and doesn’t actually install Sophos. Does something look off about this script I made? Maybe its not actually getting into the C: like the create file specifies?

copy “\vailsys.deerfield\opsdfs\WinOps\SophosCloudInstaller\Server Installer\SophosSetup.exe” “__Download\SophosSetup.exe”

copy __Download\SophosSetup.exe “C:\SophosSetup.exe”

createfile until end
cd c:
end

waithidden cmd.exe /C “C:\SophosSetup.exe --messagerelays=172.25.150.35:8190”

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Oh I forgot to put the waithidden in the create file so Im guessing thats the issue?

Also is there a way I can delete the installer after its done, possibly after that last line, like delete “C:\SophosSetup.exe”?

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You don’t actually seem to be doing anything with the createfile? Remember this just creates a file called __createfile that you then need to manipulate. It doesn’t actually do anything

https://developer.bigfix.com/action-script/reference/file/createfile-until.html

Also if you run that file you change drives to “C:” but then that goes away for the next command in the actionscript. You would need to do all this in one line for a change directory to affect the command.

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Yeah you are right AlanM sorry Im not the best at this.

So this seems to run until “run SophosInstall.bat” at which point it fails. Is there a different way I should be specifyign that line?

copy “\vailsys.deerfield\opsdfs\WinOps\SophosCloudInstaller\Server Installer\SophosSetup.exe” “__Download\SophosSetup.exe”

copy __Download\SophosSetup.exe “C:\SophosSetup.exe”

createfile until end
cd c:
cmd.exe /C "C:\SophosSetup.exe --messagerelays=172.25.150.35:8190"
end
delete "C:SophosInstall.bat"
copy __createfile "C:\SophosInstall.bat"
run SophosInstall.bat
delete “C:\SophosSetup.exe”

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You probably want

run "C:\SophosInstall.bat"
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yeah thats what Im trying now actually but it doesn’t seem to be completing the install. I see the Sophos setup appear in task manager processes but never actually installs. Maybe it needs user interaction normally? Usually for an exe when making a fixlet I would add a /S or something, but doesn’t seem to work in this case because Im making a create file to add the relay part.

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If you use “run” it will delete the EXE before its done. You want to use “wait”

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If any user interaction is required then remember this action is running as local system and might not work in that environment.