[wpkg-users] Trouble enabling PowerShell Remoting from WPKG

[Paul Griffith]

Thank You,

    I will work on it also, but it is the weekend here, so I will work  
on it off and on.

Thanks
Paul

Quoting Keith Jones <K.E.Jones at brighton.ac.uk>:

> Okay.
>
>  I can't see much wrong there either :-(
>
>  It's now almost 1:00am here so I'd best run away but I'll work on  
> this tomorrow morning.
>
> Keith
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wpkg-users-bounces at lists.wpkg.org  
> [mailto:wpkg-users-bounces at lists.wpkg.org] On Behalf Of Keith Jones
> Sent: 23 May 2014 23:24
> To: Paul Griffith
> Cc: wpkg-users at lists.wpkg.org
> Subject: Re: [wpkg-users] Trouble enabling PowerShell Remoting from WPKG
>
> Cool.
>
>  Everything you've done so far looks right to me too. I'm just going  
> to have a quick look at the powershell code. Brb
>
> Keith
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Griffith [mailto:paulg at cse.yorku.ca]
> Sent: 23 May 2014 22:59
> To: Keith Jones
> Cc: wpkg-users at lists.wpkg.org
> Subject: Re: [wpkg-users] Trouble enabling PowerShell Remoting from WPKG
>
> Hi Keith,
>
>     WPKG runs under the SYSTEM account, from the WPKG service.
>
> Paul
>
> Quoting Keith Jones <K.E.Jones at brighton.ac.uk>:
>
>> Hi Paul.
>>
>>  WPKG only has the privs that the account it runs from/under has.
>> How/when are you running it?
>>
>> Keith
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: wpkg-users-bounces at lists.wpkg.org
>> [mailto:wpkg-users-bounces at lists.wpkg.org] On Behalf Of Paul Griffith
>> Sent: 23 May 2014 19:54
>> To: wpkg-users at lists.wpkg.org
>> Subject: [wpkg-users] Trouble enabling PowerShell Remoting from WPKG
>>
>> Greetings,
>>
>>     I have been running into a brick wall trying to turn on PowerShell
>> Remoting via WPKG, all attempts have failed. If I run the wpkg package
>> from a admin prompt, it works. When I try the same thing from the WPKG
>> it fails. Is there anything special I have to do to enable PowerShell
>> Remoting from the system account ?
>>
>>
>> In the Eventlog I see the error message "Connecting to the remote
>> server failed with the following message: Access is denied"
>>
>> Any pointers? Do need to do something with the System account ?
>>
>> Here is my package file, I adapted from Dafydd Jones.
>>
>>
>> ----snip----
>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
>>
>> <packages:packages
>>          xmlns:packages="http://www.wpkg.org/packages"
>> xmlns:wpkg="http://www.wpkg.org/wpkg"
>> xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
>>          xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.wpkg.org/packages
>> ../../xsd/packages.xsd" >
>>      <package id="ps-remoting"
>>              name="Enable Powershell Remoting"
>>              revision="%PKG_VERSION%rc1"
>>              reboot="false"
>>              priority="10">
>>
>>          <variable name="PKG_VERSION"     value="1" />
>>          <variable name="PKG_NAME"        value="ps-remoting" />
>>          <variable name="PKG_SOURCE"      value="%SOFTWARE%\"/>
>>          <variable name="PKG_DESTINATION" value="%ProgramFiles%\"
>> architecture="x86"/>
>>          <variable name="PKG_DESTINATION" value="%ProgramFiles(x86)%\"
>> architecture="x64"/>
>>
>>          <check type="execute" path='powershell -NonInteractive
>> -Command "if (Invoke-Command localhost {1}) {exit 0} else {exit 1}"'
>> condition="exitcodeequalto" value="0"/>
>>
>>          <install cmd='powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
>> -NonInteractive -Command "Enable-PSRemoting -Force" '/>
>>          <install cmd='powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
>> -NonInteractive -Command "Set-Item
>> WSMan:\localhost\Client\TrustedHosts
>> -Value * -Force" '/>
>>
>>
>>          <upgrade include="install" />
>>
>>         <remove cmd='powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
>> -NonInteractive -Command "Disable-PSRemoting -Force" '/>
>>
>>      </package>
>> </packages:packages>
>> ----snip----
>>
>> Thank You
>> Paul
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