Can you do anything with this account running a batch job
non-interactively?  In other words, what happens if you create a
script to do something innocuous locally like write the time to a text
file?  Can you run that as a scheduled task?

On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 9:09 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yup.
>
> On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 17:28, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Using UNC's (and not drive letters) for the copy?
>>
>> -sc
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 8:23 PM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: Re: Something glaringly obvious, I'm sure...
>>
>> It's been assigned 'log on as a batch job' permission - that happened
>> when I set up the job, AFAICT.
>>
>> Perhaps I missed some other permission?
>>
>> Just for grins, where's what else I know:
>>
>> The account is a member of Domain Users only.
>>
>> The scheduled task log entry says:
>>
>> "Backup.job" (backup.cmd) 11/4/2009 5:00:00 PM ** ERROR **
>>       Unable to start task.
>>       The specific error is:
>>       0x80070005: Access is denied.
>>       Try using the Task page Browse button to locate the application.
>>
>> But, the log file is a bit wonky - the service doesn't seem to write
>> to it in a structured manner. I had to search for this entry - it's in
>> the middle of the log file, for some reason.
>>
>> On the file server, I've given the account no particular rights, except
>>    read-only at the top level of the partition where the files are copied 
>> (L:)
>>    read-write to the directory in which files are copied (L:\backups)
>>    read-only to c:\batchfiles\ and c:\batchfiles\tools for the
>> batchfile and the robocopy executable
>>    read-write to c:\batchfiles\logs for writing the log file.
>>
>> Kurt
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 18:04, Free, Bob <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> User rights assigned? e.g.- Log on as a batch job. Computer 
>>> Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\User Rights 
>>> Assignment
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]]
>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 5:01 PM
>>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>>> Subject: Something glaringly obvious, I'm sure...
>>>
>>> All,
>>>
>>> I've created a domain account as a service account for a copy job from
>>> an application server to our file server, but it's giving me fits
>>> trying to schedule it.
>>>
>>> Both servers are Win2k3 R2, with patches, in our Win2k3 domain.
>>>
>>> I can log into the console on the file server as the service account
>>> and launch the batch file, with no problems. However, the scheduled
>>> task will not start - it just says in the status column "Could not
>>> start" with a last result code of 0x0, though one time I found a 0x2.
>>> I have no idea what that code means, even after much googling, and I
>>> only found it once, while adjusting permissions, so it might be a red
>>> herring.
>>>
>>> The scheduled task for this is a multiple schedule item, occurring
>>> three times a day, if that makes a difference.
>>>
>>> I don't find anything interesting in the event logs, either - just a
>>> 528/538 combo in the security log at the scheduled time.
>>>
>>> Any thoughts on where I should start looking?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Kurt
>>>
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