System Script user account

[Ben_TFS]

Hi There,

I am writing a system script that needs to be run using an admin account on a Windows Server 16 machine. However when I try to set this up it says that the script is missing or invalid.

The login details I am entering are to an admin account on the local Windows Server 2016 machine. I have tried both these, and the default administrator account.

If I try to enter the login details for the FMS16 account it says Invalid account.

For now I am just trying to run a test script. This script executes successfully when I run it manually as well as when I schedule it to run using the default account.

 

Code in test.bat:

@ECHO OFF 

PowerShell.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& 'C:\Program Files\FileMaker\FileMaker Server\Data\Scripts\test1.ps1'";

 

Code in test1.ps1:

$put = "C:\Program Files\FileMaker\FileMaker Server\Data\Scripts\test.txt"

$filecontent = "Hello World"

$filecontent | Out-File $put -Encoding ASCII

 

Screenshot 1 shows the option I am talking about. For the test if I do not tick this then it executes fine.

Screenshot 2 is showing that it comes up as missing or invalid.

Edited March 13, 2018 by Ben_TFS

[OlgerDiekstra]

Have you tried "putting" the test.txt file somewhere outside the program files folder? Ie, in the user folder of Ben? Windows (as of v8 I think) gets pretty cranky when you tried to write to the program files folder. I would say it's a permissions problem.

[Ben_TFS]

Hi Olger,

Yes it is a permissions problem, which is why I am trying to get a script to run using an admin account.

The point I was trying to get across with this script is that it will run if I use the default account but will say it is "missing or invalid" when trying to run it using admin credentials. The actual script sequence I am trying to set up definitely does need admin permissions in order to work.

[Andreas T.]

A bit late to the party, but I ran into this issue now and thought I'd provide my solution in case it helps someone.

I found out that you need to provide the domain name also on Windows, even if you are using a local account.

Something like: MyWindowsServer\administrator

You can find your complete user name by running the command whoami in the command console.

Edited February 6, 2019 by Andreas T.