Run psexec on remote pc via IP address

[Willow]

I need to update several internal computers on the network from one central pc. The basic concept is the user is prompted for an IP address then the program is run remotely with psexec.exe. I am having trouble getting the IP address variable passed to psexec.exe so that it will run on the remote pc.

Any help is much appreciated.

FileInstall("C:\autoitcode\updates.exe", "c:\data\updates.exe")
FileInstall("C:\autoitcode\psexec.exe", "c:\data\psexec.exe")

$a = InputBox("Get IP", "Enter IP Address.")

RunWait("c:\data\psexec -c -f -d \\"&$a, "updates.exe /S")

[Jos]

I do not understand what you want to do here. PSEXEC is normally used on a IT Tech's PC to run a program on a Remote User PC.

so why is the script ran on the Users PC and prompting for what IP address?

jos

Edited October 14, 2010 by Jos

[Willow]

I do not understand what you want to do here. PSEXEC is normally used on a IT Tech's PC to run a program on a Remote User PC.

so why is the script ran on the Users PC and prompting for what IP address?

jos

To clarify, the autoit script is designed to run on the IT tech's pc, however he/she will need to input the IP of the remote pc.

[Jos]

To clarify, the autoit script is designed to run on the IT tech's pc, however he/she will need to input the IP of the remote pc.

ok, so what should the commandline look like when you type it manually on the command prompt, because your Run() statement looks wrong as it contains a comma after a$.

Maybe:

RunWait("c:\data\psexec -c -f -d \\" & $a & " updates.exe /S")

[enaiman]

I think you are making a mistake somewhere - "updates.exe" is supposed to be on the remote machine not on your machine.

The purpose of psexec is to execute apps on remote machine.

For the correct command line syntax, see the documentation for psexec ... it might be tricky sometimes.

[Willow]

ok, so what should the commandline look like when you type it manually on the command prompt, because your Run() statement looks wrong as it contains a comma after a$.

Maybe:

RunWait("c:\data\psexec -c -f -d \\" & $a & " updates.exe /S")

Thanks, that worked!

[Willow]

I think you are making a mistake somewhere - "updates.exe" is supposed to be on the remote machine not on your machine.

The purpose of psexec is to execute apps on remote machine.

For the correct command line syntax, see the documentation for psexec ... it might be tricky sometimes.

The -c option for psexec will copy the file ("updates.exe") to the remote pc. The -f option works in tandem with -c and will overwrite any older copies of files on the remote pc, which in this case is "updates.exe.

Edited October 14, 2010 by Willow