M100682: Change Scheduled tasks security on Remote Distribution Servers

Here is a script below that is to be run on a remote machine that has network connectivity and sufficient local administrator rights to make the remote connection.

 

This script will only run locally on a Windows 2003 or Windows XP system. However it can remotely target Windows 2000 machines as well. The variables at the top : SERVER, USERNAME, DOMAIN, PASSWORD need to be set as appropiate to target the remote machine.

 

rem ------------------------------------------------ rem This will change the scheduled tasks on a rem remote DS to from LocalSystem to a specified rem domain user. rem

rem Note: This command can only be run from a Windows rem XP or Windows 2003 rem system. It can however target Windows 2000 rem server machines rem though. rem

rem ------------------------------------------------ Rem

--- Set the variables -------------------------

set SERVER=MD1 set USERNAME=administrator set DOMAIN=VMWARE set PASSWORD=password Rem

--- Stop the managesoft services -------------

sc \%SERVER% stop ndGlobalLA sc \%SERVER% stop ndGlobalLauncher sc \%SERVER% stop ndinit rem

--- Stop the scheduled tasks --------------------

schtasks /s %SERVER% /TN "Process ManageSoft distribution jobs" /End schtasks /s %SERVER% /TN "Process ManageSoft Remote Execution Actions" /End schtasks /s %SERVER% /TN "Upload ManageSoft logs and inventories" /End rem

--- Change the account details -------------------

schtasks /s %SERVER% /Change /TN "Process ManageSoft distribution jobs" /ru %DOMAIN%\%USERNAME% /rp %PASSWORD% schtasks /s %SERVER% /Change /TN "Process ManageSoft Remote Execution Actions" /ru %DOMAIN%\%USERNAME% /rp %PASSWORD% schtasks /s %SERVER% /Change /TN "Upload ManageSoft logs and inventories" /ru %DOMAIN%\%USERNAME% /rp %PASSWORD% rem

--- Start the managesoft services -------------

sc \%SERVER% start ndGlobalLA sc \%SERVER% start ndGlobalLauncher sc \%SERVER% start ndinit

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