Powershell remote invoke-command vs local from server

Question

Hello,
Why is it when I run this from my pc on a remote server i get one result (user profile sizes)

 Invoke-Command -ComputerName $Server  -ScriptBlock {



        Write-Host " User Profiles in MB" -ForegroundColor black -BackgroundColor Yellow
        $sum = 0
        gci -force 'C:\Users'-ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | ? { $_ -is [io.directoryinfo] } | % {
            $len = 0
            gci -recurse -force $_.fullname -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | % { $len += $_.length }
            $_.fullname, '{0:N2} GB' -f ($len / 1Gb)
            $sum = $sum + $len
        }
        "Total size of profiles",'{0:N2} GB' -f ($sum / 1Gb)



}

When I run it on the server itself

Write-Host " User Profiles in MB" -ForegroundColor black -BackgroundColor Yellow
$sum = 0
gci -force 'C:\Users'-ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | ? { $_ -is [io.directoryinfo] } | % {
$len = 0
gci -recurse -force $.fullname -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | % { $len += $.length }
$_.fullname, '{0:N2} GB' -f ($len / 1Gb)
$sum = $sum + $len
}
"Total size of profiles",'{0:N2} GB' -f ($sum / 1Gb)

I get the correct result. Why is that ?

Answer

Hi,

Does the user have permission to access the directories? You can specify the user account using the "-credential" parameter.

Invoke-Command -ComputerName $server -Credential '' -ScriptBlock { ... }

Best Regards,
Ian Xue

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Powershell remote invoke-command vs local from server

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