Q165787: SMS: Remote Execute Fails When Command Contains Spaces

Article: Q165787
Product(s): Microsoft Systems Management Server
Version(s): winnt:1.2
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnetwork kbtshoot smsremtshoot kbRemoteProg
Last Modified: 31-JUL-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Systems Management Server version 1.2 
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SYMPTOMS
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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
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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
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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

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Keywords          : kbnetwork kbtshoot smsremtshoot kbRemoteProg 
Technology        : kbSMSSearch kbSMS120
Version           : winnt:1.2
Issue type        : kbbug

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