Vbscript WMI access GetObject Permission denied

Hi,

I have written a vb script to read in a list of machines
from a file, then connect to each machine and kill a
specific process using WMI.

The script worked fine on test machines, however when I
run on the network, I receive the error: "Permission
Denied: GetObject 800A0046" on each machine.

This does not appear to be OS specific. My test machines
were 2000 Pro, SP4. Live machines included both 2000
Pro SP4 and XP SP1.

Presumbly WMI is somehow locked down by one of the more
recent critical updates, versions of ie or something..?

The line I am using to connect to the remote machines is:

Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" & "\\" &
objDictionary.Item(objItem) & "\root\cimv2")

I am running the script interactively, with domain admin
rights.

Any ideas on what may be stopping this running on mylive
systems?

Regards,

Martin

Hi Martin,

Thanks for your posting here.

You can use the WMI¡¯s WbemLocator object and its method ConnectServer to
specify different credentials. Here¡¯s the documentation for the same:

SWbemLocator:

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...-us/wmisdk/wmi
/swbemlocator.asp>

ConnectServer:

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...-us/wmisdk/wmi
/swbemlocator_connectserver.asp>

Creating a WMI Script:

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...-us/wmisdk/wmi
/creating_a_wmi_script.asp>

If you need any further help on this sript, it would be best that you
contact our Developer newsgroups. I have provided the link below:

<<http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp>>

You can also ask for developer support:

http://support.microsoft.com/directo...ro.asp?sd=msdn

Have a nice day!

Regards,
Bob Qin
Microsoft Online Partner Support

Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

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From: "martin" <(E-Mail Removed)>
Subject: Vbscript WMI access GetObject Permission denied
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 01:50:16 -0700
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.server.networking

Hi,

I have written a vb script to read in a list of machines
from a file, then connect to each machine and kill a
specific process using WMI.

The script worked fine on test machines, however when I
run on the network, I receive the error: "Permission
Denied: GetObject 800A0046" on each machine.

This does not appear to be OS specific. My test machines
were 2000 Pro, SP4. Live machines included both 2000
Pro SP4 and XP SP1.

Presumbly WMI is somehow locked down by one of the more
recent critical updates, versions of ie or something..?

The line I am using to connect to the remote machines is:

Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" & "\\" &
objDictionary.Item(objItem) & "\root\cimv2")

I am running the script interactively, with domain admin
rights.

Any ideas on what may be stopping this running on mylive
systems?

Regards,

Martin