Re: Remote launch fails with E_ACCESSDENIED

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Gerry,

Thanks. That script works (Agent Version 7.0.6000.381).

I am not sure what details of my DCOM server are relevant. I will offer some
further details and maybe you have specific questions?

These are 32-bit systems and 32-bit Win32 processes and the server is out of
process. It has a user interface, but can also function through a command
line interface or DCOM server in a non-interactive window station. I have
recently moved some interactive functions from the server to the client to
facilitate running the server non-interactively without loss of
functionality. DCOM does not even launch the process, so I won't go into the
details of classes, interfaces, etc. at this point.

Paul

"Gerry Hickman" <gerry666uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OyPGhnXqIHA.4876@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Paul,

Before going any further, can you try running this simple code from the
client - look out for word wrap!

// TestDCOM.js
// Get the Agent Version
var strCmp = "YourServer";
var oAgentInfo = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.Update.AgentInfo", strCmp);
var strVersion = oAgentInfo.GetInfo("ProductVersionString");
WScript.Echo("Agent Version " + strVersion);

If this works, it means both computers are configured for DCOM and
remoting and points to a problem specific to the object you are trying to
launch - in that case we'd need full details of the object.

Paul Baker [MVP, Windows Desktop Experience] wrote:
CoCreateInstance with a remote server name is returning E_ACCESSDENIED
before it even launches the remote server process. The client is Windows
XP SP2 and the server is Windows Server 2003. I am not calling
CoInitializeSecurity. The user is an administrator on both client and
server and the DCOM configuration and security settings are default, as
far as I know, and nothing looks wrong.

It works if I configure the AppID on both the client and server to run as
the "interactive user" (use DCOMCNFG) and the user is logged on to the
client and server console sessions. However, I get E_ACCESSDENIED if I
configure the AppID on both the client and server to run as "the
launching user", which is what I want (to avoid having to logon to the
console session or expose it to an interactive user).

Can anyone offer a suggestion on how to troubleshoot this?

Thanks,

Paul


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Gerry Hickman (London UK)


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