SMS: Remote Execute Fails When Command Contains Spaces

• Microsoft Systems Management Server version 1.2

SYMPTOMS

Remote File execution on a client computer running Windows NT fails to complete when the command line selected contains a space in either the file or directory name, as in the following example:

   c:\long directory name\kenhom.bat 

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, do either of the following:

• Enclose the command line within quotation marks, as in the following example:

  
        "c:\long directory name\kenhom.bat" 



-or-


• Use the abbreviated MS-DOS file name displayed in File Manager, as in the following example:

  
        c:\longdi~1\kenhom.bat 

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 1.2. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: prodsms helpdesk remote execute

Keywords : kbnetwork smsremtshoot kbbug1.20
Version : winnt:1.2
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug