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powershellwindows-server-2008powershell-2.0
Sunil Rai
Sunil Rai

Reputation: 432

Powershell (Version 2.0) remote execution of services with credentials

I want to start/stop apache and mysql services on remote machine by using powershell version 2.0 (Windows Server 2008). I found syntax for remote execution as follow:

(Get-WmiObject -Computer myCompName Win32_Service -Filter "Name='myServiceName'").InvokeMethod("Stop-Service",$null)

But I have to provide credentials (DOMAIN_NAME\USERNANE and PASSWORD) also for this exceution. I am new to powershell and need help for correct syntax (example will be easy to understand and implement).

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3107

Answers (1)

alroc
alroc

Reputation: 28174

Get-WMIObject accepts the -Credential parameter. You shouldn't be keeping your credentials in plain text in your script, so you'll want to prompt for them.

$creds = get-credential;
(Get-WmiObject -Computer myCompName Win32_Service -Filter "Name='myServiceName'" -credential $creds).InvokeMethod("Stop-Service",$null)

If you have PSRemoting enabled on the remote system, you can do this without WMI.

$creds = get-credential;
Invoke-Command -computername myCompName -credential $creds -scriptblock {(get-service -name myServiceName).Stop()};

Update based on comments

Since you're running this as a scheduled job, you should not be storing or prompting for credentials at all. Configured the scheduled job itself (via Scheduled Tasks) to run under the required user account, then either of the following should work:

# Your original code
(Get-WmiObject -Computer myCompName Win32_Service -Filter "Name='myServiceName'").InvokeMethod("Stop-Service",$null)
# If you have remoting enabled
Invoke-Command -computername myCompName -scriptblock {(get-service -name myServiceName).Stop()};

Upvotes: 3

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