Access is denied. [Err=0x5, 5]

aciampoli 6
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Hello I'm having some issues with PAEXEC Here is the log:

Connecting to computer... Starting PAExec service on computer... Failed to connect to Service Control Manager on computer. Access is denied. [Err=0x5, 5] PAExec returning exit code -6

command i'm using is: paexec \computer -h -u domainUSERNAME -p PASSWORD -c -clist "C:temptestlist.txt" @file netscan.exe -lo c:temptestlog.txt

Thank you.

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1 Answers

My guess is the username you are using does not have administrator rights on the target server, which are required because PAExec (and PsExec) need to install a temporary service to complete their work.

Doug1126
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