WMI Connection To A Remote Machine Using Specified Administrator Credentials
Apr 3, 2010
I'm having an issue here with making a WMI connection to a remote machine using specified administrator credentials.I have the WMI code inside a function, I pass it the computer's name and it returns the WMI information that I am requesting as a string (or in this particular case, an integer) from the remote machine. I'm positive it works, and returns the information I need using specified admin username/password. NOW, the issue I am having is related to (it seems) calling this function from a backgroundworker. [code] "Value does not fall within the expected range." I literally have no clue why this would throw that exception, yet when I call this function from lets say just a random button on my form, it works beautifully. The key here is that I need my WMI requests/processing to run in the background.
I need to open a folder on a remote server with different credentials in a window (explorer.exe).I managed to do it with no credentials (my credentials), but when I do it with another username and another password than mine, it opens a prompt to enter a username and a password, and it says "access denied".
In the access log on the remote desktop, it says that I tried to connect with my own username, and not the other username I entered. So, the process obviously did not work.
I have to admit that I was sceptical it would work... but below is the code. I had to make a minor change to the code you suggested. Whenever I tried IPC$ it would return a 53 result code, even though I'm sure the share exists. So at the suggestion of another website I removed the share and just the computer name and this worked.
I need to write an app that will stop and restart a service on a domain controller. The app needs to be usable by all domain users without making them run as.
Therefore, I want to have the administrators login details within the app itself (I will encrypt them).
How do I get my app to run something on the server as administrator though?
Rather than use an Entry name of an existing VPN connection, is it possible to connect to a remote network by creating a temporary connection on the fly by using the remote IP/Host name, username and password?
In VB.Net, I'm trying to connect to WMI on my local computer with different credentials (the user won't have admin rights) and I get this exception : « User credentials cannot be used for local connections » Here's the code :
I am having trouble reading the event log on another machine. From what I can gather the .geteventlogs("server01") method should return the logs from the computer named "server01" but it doesn't work for me. It returns the results from the local machine instead.
with vb.net OLEDB (not DSN- ODBC) + access03 + winxp please specify the connection string to connect to a .mdb file on a remote machine with OS winxp .i am confused what is the data source to be used in my connection string
I am trying to execute exe file on remote machine using wmi. Its basically work on 50%, but problem is interactive process it execute the app but i can't see any window or form but I can see app is running in the task manager. Does not need to be vwi, might different method, but I dont want to use psexec tool.
My function: Public Function StartEXEonRemote(ByVal machine As String, ByVal file As String) As String Dim wmi As ManagementClass Dim wmi_in, wmi_out As ManagementBaseObject Dim retValue As Integer [Code] .....
im trying to execute exe file on remote machine using wmi. Its basically work on 50%, but problem is interactive process it execute the app but i can't see any window or form but i can see app is running in the task manager. I spend 3 days on this with no luck.Does not need to be vwi, might different method, but i dont want to use psexec tool.My function:
Public Function StartEXEonRemote(ByVal machine As String, ByVal file As String) As String Dim wmi As ManagementClass Dim wmi_in, wmi_out As ManagementBaseObject
We're trying to write code to obtained all the logged on users to a remote machine.
We have the following, which only seems to identify users if they are logged in locally. However, if they're logged in through some other means (such as remote desktop), it doesn't seem to pick those users up.
How can we obtain all the users logged into a machine while excluding those users who only have a process running but aren't logged in (eg, a service is installed by them and might be currently running under their name)?
Dim WMIObject As String = "winmgmts://" & strComputerName.Text & "/root/cimv2" Dim oComputerQuery As Object 'Contains a sorted list of every user logged into the system
I'm using the 2.0 framework to get a list of queues from a remote machine. Sometimes the machine has a firewall and then the user has to wait 80 seconds or so before an exception is thrown stating that the machine is unavailable. Questions: Is there any way that I can set/change the timeout for GetPrivateQueues ByMachine? Is there any other method I can call before running GetPrivateQueuesByMachine to see whether the machine is responding? One that has configurable timeout, Any other solution?
When am trying read Windows 2008 serivices Remotely from 2003 server by using following VB Script :
'Objective: TO check the SQLServicesHeartbeat of all SQL Server services and send email 'if any state of service is not running 'on error resume next Set iFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FilesyStemObject") Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FilesyStemObject") [Code] .....
I am able to get read all windows 2003 servies, but not able to read Windows 2008 SQL Services Remotely, error throwing in the above line : Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\" & strComputer & "ootcimv2").
The conditions are I don't have administrator privilege I want to see the status of a service in remote machine (server)I use the following code (vb.net with framework 2.0) to see the status
Dim sqlSvc As ServiceController Svc = New ServiceController(My.Settings.serviceName, My.Settings.machineName) If sqlSvc.Status.ToString.Equals("Running") Then displayStatus("success", sqlSvc.Status.ToString) Else displayStatus("error", sqlSvc.Status.ToString) End If
When running the code, InvalidOperationException is raised and found out that I need admin right in the server.Can I lookup the status of the service without having admin right in remote machine ?
I m writing a code for Telnet application. I want to simulate the double click event on the remote machine. I think mouse_event api will be used but i m unable to implement it..
Dont know how easy this would be, but basically I'm just wondering if there is any way in VB.net you can close open files on a remote PC.In my scenario the vb.net app would be running with domain admin permissions in most cases so would have access to things like the remote Computer Management console, which of course has the Open Files section in it which lets you close any open files on the remote machine its connected to.So I fugured there must be some way to do it in vb.net... I just dont know if its going to be more hassle than its worth and I dont really know where to start looking (ive used googled but not had much joy).
I'm trying to execute a program on a remote machine using this code
Dim objProcess As New System.Diagnostics.Process objProcess.StartInfo.FileName = "cmd.exe" objProcess.StartInfo.Arguments = " /c PSExec /accepteula \NTAPPMTMIGL01 -u $AdminUsrLocal -p tjdsi44 c:winntMicrosoft.NETFrameworkv2.0.50727gacutil.exe"
[code]....
If I use it, it works since I'm an admin but if someone else use it, I got "The system cannot find the file specified."Is there any other program I can use that can impersonate, I've already tried xcmd.exe but it doesm't work either.
I am a new member here and a new user of VB.Net.So, I would like to know how to make an application that can control the processes and the services in a remote machine.
I Converted my project(Its contain the rdo2.0's) from vb6.0 to Vb.net 2005. Its working fine in development machine( in Development have the Vb6.0 and Vb.net 2005). But its not work in Client machine. Its asking the rdo2.0 introp's. How to install the rdo2.0 's to client machine with out installing vb6.0. If i installed vb6.0 at client machine its work fine. How to install rdo2.0's in client machine without vb6.0.
i want make a attandance software but i need coding for make connection between attandance machine and databass. so i can connect to machine and downloadd attandace logs.
I have developed a 32-bit VB.NET application that runs fine on 32-bit systems. Some of the folks in engineering, however, are using 64-bit machines, so we have created 32-bit virtual PCs and installed the application on the Virtual PC. When we try to run it, however, the application fails to establish a connection to the SQL server (remote, SQL 2000) for login validation.
