invoke-command on a remote machine access denied

Question

Hi all

I have a small question (i guess)
i am trying to run thie remote commnad and when it tried to write to the location i get access denied
(when i changed the out-file to c:\ it worked but since i need to run it on multiple computers i need the log to be on a shared location

Invoke-Command -ComputerName "ws-it-center1" -scriptblock { Get-PnpDevice | select Status,SystemName,Class,FriendlyName,InstanceId | ft -AutoSize -Wrap | Out-File -Append \media\MEDIA\DELETE\usb1.txt} -credential $cred

thanks

Answer 1

Hi @Tulik23 K ,

You could try the following method.

$s = New-PSSession -ComputerName "you_computer_name" -Credential(Get-Credential)

Invoke-Command -Session $s -ScriptBlock -scriptblock { Get-PnpDevice | select Status,SystemName,Class,FriendlyName,InstanceId | ft -AutoSize -Wrap | Out-File -Append \media\MEDIA\DELETE\usb1.txt}

Answer 2

Hi
still getting the same error
also if i run it one few computers it will ask me on each one the cred ?

Access to the path '\srv-apps-02\share\tk\log.txt' is denied.

• CategoryInfo : OpenError: (:) [Out-File], UnauthorizedAccessException
• FullyQualifiedErrorId : FileOpenFailure,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.OutFileCommand
• PSComputerName : ws-it-center1

Answer 3

If the machine from which the Invoke-Command was launched is "Machine #1", then the machine on which the script block is run ("ws-it-center1") is "Machine #2", and the machine that hosts the share (media") is "Machine #3" -- and you are encountering the "Second Hop Problem".

You cannot use the credential from "Machine #1" to access "Machine #3" from "Machine #2".

The simplest solution to this is to use a PSSession. See here for more information: ps-remoting-second-hop