It's 2003. OK, it's 2010, but his server is Windows Server 2003.
On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 8:05 PM, Charlie Kaiser <[email protected]>wrote: > Are you running an elevated command prompt? > > *********************** > Charlie Kaiser > [email protected] > Kingman, AZ > *********************** > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mike Gill [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 4:56 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Strange CMD, and permissions troubles, Can-o-worms > > > > Wow, I opened a can of worms. In looking into an issue on my > > Win2K3 file server, I found that I can't run a certain > > application from the command line that I can from Explorer. > > It exists in the Program Files folder and I'm logged in as > > Administrator. The error message on the command line simply > > says Access Denied. Procmon shows the event, and declares the > > following results on the exe: Name Invalid, Invalid > > Parameter, Fast IO Disallowed, Buffer Overflow. This runs > > from the GUI just fine, so I don't think the problem is with the exe. > > > > > > > > The next part (no idea if it's related), is I tried running > > some other commands in diagnosing the above dilemma that also > > don't work. A few, but not all of the Sysinternal PS utils > > don't work. What's more, is when I right click and choose > > properties of one of the psutils that doesn't work, the > > security tab it non-existant. I can't delete/move/rename the > > file either. I've tried takeown, icacls, nothing let's me do > > anything with it. One thing that's different fro the first > > issue is I can't run them from the gui. Says I don't have > > permission either way. > > > > > > > > Chkdsk shows no errors. AV scans who no problems. The > > security tab is visible on other items, just not the ones > > I've discovered so far with this problem. The PS utils that > > don't work, do work when run from another folder. CMD.exe > > appears identical to same file on another server. In a few > > minutes I will be able to take the server down as people go > > home. Then I can try an offline delete. Any thoughts? Never > > seen this before. > > > > > > > > -- > > Mike Gill > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
