PSExec “access is denied” on WS ’03

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I'm trying to execute commands to a remote server offsite and PSExec for some reason is not working.

C:\> psexec \\LOC-Server -u AdminUser -p AdminPW cmd

This won't even let me run command prompt. But when I RDP into \\LOC-Server with the AdminUser and AdminPW credentials I'm able to get on it.

What am I doing wrong?

EDIT: I have also tried Domain\AdminUser but that hasn't worked either.

Best Answer

Try doing it like this:

psexec \\LOC-Server -u **DOMAIN**\AdminUser -p AdminPW cmd

Or, it could be due to:

psexec \\LOC-Server -u AdminUser -p AdminPW **cmd.exe**

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Do you already have a connection to the server in question open that is using a different username? This could be a mapped drive or any other connection (services.msc, etc.). Running "net use" would most likely show this.

This might be an old Windows issue, that doesn't allow you to connect to a given server with more than one username at a time. The work-around is what you already discovered - to use the IP address.

If you have other connections open, try to disconnect them and see if it works then. If you can't disconnect them then I would just keep using the IP address.

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