PsTools : PsExec 2.1 and interactive problem

Author: Ben_
Subject: PsExec 2.1 and interactive problem
Posted: 11 April 2014 at 3:14pm

SchLois wrote:

Hello,

I've just updated psexec from version 1.98 to 2.10 due to it's communication encryption feature.

But with 2.10 I can't start a remote process as an interactive process.

This means the remote process is started, but it is not interactive.

My intended use was to take a screenshot with nircmd: psexec 1.98 does the job, 2.10 only provides a black image.

The bahavior can be reproduced by starting a command prompt interactively:

psexec \\host /i cmd

Result:

1.98 starts the command prompt on host, it is visible there on the host and you can interact with it on the host.
2.10 starts the command prompt on host, but it is not visible at all. If you find the process with tasklist and kill it, psexec returns.

It makes no difference, whether I pass a user with /u or provide a working directory or not.

The machines on both sides are running Windows XP.

Has anyone the same problem?

Has anyone found a work around or do we have to wait for an updated version of psexec?

Thank you for supporting.

Try psexec \\host -i cmd /k