psexec.exe prompt a "is not a valid win32 application" message after multiple executions - windows

i'm using psexec.exe from my CMD to access a remote machine.
everything worked fine for the first couple attempts,
but on the nth attempt (in my case the 5th attempt) i got the following error prompt message:
is not a valid win32 application
this is my command:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\myfolder\psexec.exe" \\MY_REMOTE_IP -u MY_USERNAME -p MY_PASSWORD cmd
could it be a problem of too many open connections?
where can i see my open connections if any?
how can i properly close a remote connection?

i reinstall PSExec.exe and it solved the problem, not sure what cause the issue but it definitely solved the problem.

This error usually means that the psexec service is down in the target machine.
In my case it was down because drive C was out of storage. After I free some space in drive C, I had to restart the machines for the service to start again (I couldn’t start the psexec service manually)

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pscp network error: connection timed out

NOTE I am running on windows 10, not linux.
pscp.exe has been downloaded and run in my \Users\Taylor folder. I turned off my firewall just in case that could be interfering. I am trying to download files to my local windows from a remote linux environment using the following input to command prompt:
pscp user#quanah.hpcc.ttu.edu:/home/user/*.ctl \Downloads
I also varied the local name as such:
pscp user#quanah.hpcc.ttu.edu:/home/user/*.ctl C:\Users\Taylor\Downloads
This has worked perfectly in the past (~ one week ago), but now I get the error: "Fatal: Network error: Connection timed out" - I know the server (quanah.hpcc.ttu.edu) is connected and fine because I can ssh to it via PuTTY. Any recommendations?
I'd make sure that once I get the dos shell going, I navigate to where pscp.exe is located and run your command from there, i.e.:
C:\Users\Taylor>pscp ...
I'd also go to the source directory on quanah.hpcc.ttu.edu, in your case, '/home/user/' and do 'pwd' to confirm full path
I'd also set my target directory to be where pscp.exe is located i.e. C:\Users\Taylor because I've had success with that; and not because that is the only way.

Error 1067- on start OpenSSH by net start opensshd in windows cmd

I try to start opensshd app by following command line: net start opensshd but i encounter below message after press enter in CMD:
The OpenSSH Server service is starting.
The OpenSSH Server service could not be started.
A system error has occurred.
System error 1067 has occurred.
The process terminated unexpectedly.
i install openssh.
please Help Me!
I got the similar problem that i cannot startup the "OpenSSH SSH Serve" service after following the instructions in https://hostadvice.com/how-to/how-to-install-an-openssh-server-client-on-a-windows-2016-server/
I later on found out that this is the security problem in the C:\ProgramData\ssh\ssh_host*key files. All the key files in this folder should ONLY be owned by following 2 system users:
BUILTIN\Administrators
NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
In the Powershell under the C:\ProgramData\ssh folder, issue following command can list out the owners of the file ssh_host_dsa_key:
PS C:\ProgramData\ssh> icacls .\ssh_host_dsa_key
.\ssh_host_dsa_key BUILTIN\Administrators:(F)
NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(F)
xxdomain\otheruser:(M)
Successfully processed 1 files; Failed processing 0 files
Obviously we need to remove the user "xxdomain\otheruser" from the owner list
Resolution
Updated on Nov 25, 2019: Found out that the OpenSSH-Win64.zip file already contained a powershell script: FixHostFilePermissions.ps1
What you need to do is to run following inside the powershell:
cd 'C:\Program Files\OpenSSH-Win64'
.\FixHostFilePermissions.ps1
And press 'Enter' for each question to update the permission.
just write this command in PowerShell
cd 'C:\Program Files\OpenSSH-Win64'
.\FixHostFilePermissions.ps1
then press enter .
I got this error, and it turned out in my case to be an error I'd made editing sshd_config, so be sure to check this. Spent ages trying to diagnose this.
Hope that saves someone some pain.
I got the same error by installing OpenSSH on Windows 7...
Open "services.msc" and try to start the service from there.
If it still doesn't work then you can try to follow the steps in this tutorial:
http://www.techpaste.com/2015/06/windows-ssh-server-setup-and-configuration/
One important thing: Try to download an older version of OpenSSH
Download Link: http://www.mls-software.com/opensshd.html#botpage
(I recommend you the version "setupssh-7.3p1-2")
Hope it works
Cheers
For me the solution was to download and install an MSI from this github repo

RabbitMQ fails on Error: unable to connect to node rabbit#TPAJ05421843: nodedown

On a Windows 7 Enterprise machine, I made a fresh install of Erlang 17.4 and RabbitMQ 3.4.3 x64. The installation was successful and uneventful.
I have not yet tried to create my first queue or exchange, but I already see trouble. This problem is similar to another SO post, but that other post appears to involve clustering, which I don't have. Furthermore, that other poster can circumvent his issue by restarting the RabbitMQ service; that approach does not work for me.
My "nodedown" problem is evident at the RabbitMQ command prompt:
C:\Program Files (x86)\RabbitMQ Server\rabbitmq_server-3.4.3\sbin>rabbitmqctl status
Status of node rabbit#TPAJ05421843 ...
Error: unable to connect to node rabbit#TPAJ05421843: nodedown
DIAGNOSTICS
attempted to contact: [rabbit#TPAJ05421843]
rabbit#TPAJ05421843:
* connected to epmd (port 4369) on TPAJ05421843
* epmd reports: node 'rabbit' not running at all
other nodes on TPAJ05421843: ['RabbitMQ']
* suggestion: start the node
current node details:
- node name: 'rabbitmqctl-19884#TPAJ05421843'
- home dir: H:\
- cookie hash: PD4QQCYrf0TME9vIko3Xuw==
Based on the above, I chose to check the status of the node explicitly named 'RabbitMQ'. I get this:
C:\Program Files (x86)\RabbitMQ Server\rabbitmq_server-3.4.3\sbin>rabbitmqctl -n RabbitMQ status
Status of node 'RabbitMQ#TPAJ05421843' ...
Error: unable to connect to node 'RabbitMQ#TPAJ05421843': nodedown
DIAGNOSTICS
attempted to contact: ['RabbitMQ#TPAJ05421843']
RabbitMQ#TPAJ05421843:
* connected to epmd (port 4369) on TPAJ05421843
* epmd reports node 'RabbitMQ' running on port 59301
* TCP connection succeeded but Erlang distribution failed
* suggestion: hostname mismatch?
* suggestion: is the cookie set correctly?
current node details:
- node name: 'rabbitmqctl-23076#TPAJ05421843'
- home dir: H:\
- cookie hash: PD4QQCYrf0TME9vIko3Xuw==
Ok, this is barely better since at least it acknowledges 'RabbitMQ' running on port 59301. But what the heck could it mean that "Erlang distribution failed"?
When I try to research this topic, I found articles saying "be sure you have matched cookies." Based on that I found this article, which claims the "cookie mismatch" does not pertain to me, because I have not created (nor intend to create) a RabbitMQ cluster.
What should I do?
I had this same problem today. There were no cookie or firewall problems and windows reported that the service was running successfully. This is what finally fixed it:
Run RabbitMQ sbin command prompt as administrator.
Run "rabbitmq-service remove"
Run "rabbitmq-service install"
For some reason the service set up by the installer did not configure several registry entries. Running this set them correctly and allowed the service to run.
One thing I noticed was that before I did this, there was no description of the service in the Windows Services view. After installing with the rabbitmq-service command, the description was visible. This might be a quick indicator if you are having the same problem.
As #eddyP commented, I had two different Erlang cookie files:
A server cookie file, located at $env:WINDIR\system32\config\systemprofile\.erlang.cookie (prior to Erlang 20.2 it was located at $env:WINDIR\.erlang.cookie).
A client cookie file, located at $env:USERPROFILE\.erlang.cookie.
Copying the server cookie file over the client one, so that both files were the same, fixed the problem for me.
For further details, see "How Nodes (and CLI tools) Authenticate to Each Other: the Erlang Cookie".
From RabbitMQ Command Prompt sbin (run as administrator) execute this command:
rabbitmq-server restart
In Windown, For some reason delete all folder in c:\Users\xxx\AppData\Roaming\RabbitMQ\db\ (xxx is your username)
then flow #Jerdev answer and
start rabbitmq net start rabbitmq
check rabbitmq service rabbitmqctl status
The same question on the RabbitMQ mailing list: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rabbitmq-users/0s1ExFhl4hM.
The Erlang cookie is used by rabbitmqctl as well as server nodes, so it may need being taken care of (placed in the correct location).
See "Installing as a non-administrator user leaves .erlang.cookie in the wrong place" on Windows quirks.
I resolve my problem doing this in Windows 10.
Execute RabbitMQ Command Prompt (sbin dir) as administrator.
Execute "rabbitmq-service remove" in (RabbitMQ Command Prompt).
Execute %AppData% in Run Dialog Box of Windows.
Delete all files in RabbitMQ folder.
Execute "rabbitmq-service install" in (RabbitMQ Command Prompt).
Execute "rabbitmqctl start_app" in (RabbitMQ Command Prompt).
If you come here looking for a linux answer for the same error message, try
sudo service rabbitmq-server start
(which is not a blocking command)
Just do the following:
Uninstall rabbitmq and erlang.
delete the rabbitmq folder existing in your appdata (if you dont
know the appdata location, just type echo %AppData% in the command
prompt)
Then install erlang first and then rabbitmq.
After installing, enable the management plugin using below command:
rabbitmq-plugins enable rabbitmq_management
For me the cookies didnt match, like the other comments but the locations was in a different path for those having the same issue as me C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile
That is happening because rabbit MQ is not being installed correctly on Windows (and this error is misleading!). So to solve it do the following:
type "cmd" in Cortana search or in "Run" for older version of Windows
right click on in and choose "Run as Administrator"
go to rabbit's sbin folder (cd "C:\Program Files\RabbitMQ Server\rabbitmq_server-3.7.4\sbin")
run: rabbitmq-service remove
run: rabbitmq-service install
now you can run
6. rabbitmq-plugins enable rabbitmq_management
7. rabbitmq-service start
8. and, finally, run: start http://localhost:15672
9. log on as user "guest" with password: "guest" and that's it. Happy Rabbiting!
I missed restarting my WINDOWS OS and then deleting the old version of ERLANG (which I uninstalled before restarting).
Somehow the fresh installation of Rabbit was referring to the old (un-installed version) and all the mismatch was happening. Clue was the 'services' referred Rabbit from the old ERLANG version.
This is how I resolved the error in my Windows 8 system:
Check for a syntax error in the rabbitmq.config file placed in the AppData folder for Windows.
How to check if there is any syntax error?
You can run rabbitmq-server restart from sbin folder in:
Program Files/RabbitMQ/rabbitmq_server_x.x/sbin/.
Replace the content of the rabbitmq.config with rabbitmq.config.example.
You may find the rabbitmq.config.example in:
Program Files/RabbitMQ/rabbitmq_server_x.x/etc/
Warning, you will lose the configuration you have saved previously with rabbitmq.
After changing the files, just hit
rabbitmq-server restart
in the sbin folder mentioned above.

Exec a program on client runs a programm on server

First of all I have spent over 4 hours researching this topic..
So I have a Windows 2008 r2 root server at the moment. I connect to it via Remote Desktop.
Now I want to write a program that runs batch files on the server but the program is at client side, I have tried to setup an SSH server on my Windows server with Freesshd.
That seems to work but the programs are not shown. (In Taskmanager are they)
Is there way (prefer SSH) to let them show normally?
The goal is to restart programs (Gameservers).
My Program will work so: if I press restart server it will connect (if SSH) via Putty to the server to exec the batch file.
Or will start another program with parameters something like this:
Clientprogramm -ip 95.25.115.** -user Administrator -p xxxxxx C:\gameserverdir\start.bat
Simple and fine. I have done that already for Linux and there it isn't that hard.
So if you have an idea that can help me would be nice to know.
Both system are Windows!
If you are using SSH, the tool you need is plink. It's putty for command line.
Or, as indicated in comments, you can use psexec, or powershell, or vbscript, or .... BUT started programs are only "visible" in the same session from where they were started.

Unable to start cygwin sshd service

I entered ssh-host-config into the cygwin prompt (started with admin privileges), said yes to privilege separation, new local account sshd, install sshd as a service; I entered no value for CYGWIN for daemon; I entered no for using a different name; yes for creating new privilege user account.
In my services.msc I am unable to start the service:
The CYGWIN sshd service on Local Computer started and then stopped.
Some services stop automatically if they are not in use by other services
or programs.
In the cygwin prompt, net start sshd produces:
The CYGWIN sshd service could not be started.
The service did not report an error.
More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 3534
In the cygwin prompt, cygrunsrv -S sshd produces:
cygrunsrv: Error starting a service: QueryServiceStatus: Win32 error 1062:
The service has not been started.
My /var/log/sshd.log says the following:
Unable to initialize device PRN
I've searched the questions on SO related to this issue, as well as the general Internet, and I guess what makes my question unique has to do with the sshd.log. I can't find anyone else who has received this.
I'm doing this to install Hadoop on my Windows. I cannot run a virtual machine on this slow computer as everything just bogs down.
I followed the steps in this topic and the problem was still happening, then I checked the sshd log file and it was complaining that the privilegies of the ssh private key were to open.
I executed the follow command:
chmod 400 /etc/ssh_host_ecdsa_key
Then I run the service:
net start sshd
It finally worked (BTW: I am using Windows 8)
I had the same problem and here is the solution that worked for me.
Solution 1
Restart the machine after you set the path environment variables to point to Cygwin bin directories and then start the service.
Solution 2
First add the account that runs the Cygwin sshd demon service to administrators group (this is by default)
Go to your cygwin installation folder (mine is at c:\cygwin64 and yours may differ)
add administrators group as full control. remove the property
Remove Readonly for your cygwin installation folder so anyone can write into it
Run the cygwin terminal as administrator and remove the service by typing
cygrunsrv -R sshd
Reboot your system
Run the cygwin terminal as administrator and reinstall the service again by typing
ssh-host-config -y
Run the cygwin terminal as administrator and start the service by typing
net start sshd
Your service now be running!
I tried above solutions but nothing worked for me.
I am using Windows 8 and was able to solve it.
My sshd.log file says : "Privilege separation user sshd does not exist FAILED"
So to remove this error while starting sshd as service just following below steps:
Edit the file /etc/passwd --
add " sshd:x:74:74:Privilege-separated SSH:/var/empty/sshd:/sbin/nologin ".
Edit the file /etc/group --
add " sshd:x:74: ".
Now start service as
net start sshd
It worked for me!
Followed the steps provide by Andrea Solution 1 and solution 2 , it did not work. Event viewer did not provide any info.
So took a look at the log var/log/sshd.log first it complained that it was unable to load the dll:
/usr/sbin/sshd.exe: error while loading shared libraries: cygcrypto-1.0.0.dll
Solution:
Reinstalled the package and ensured that the dll were in lib.
Started the service again still it failed but this time it complained about missing host key.
Could not load host key: /etc/ssh_host_dsa_key
Could not load host key: /etc/ssh_host_ecdsa_key
Disabling protocol version 2. Could not load host key
sshd: no hostkeys available -- exiting.
Solution:
go to the Cygwin Command prompt (with run as admin ) and
enter ssh-keygen -A
the missing host key were generated .
Finally I was able to start it.
I would recommend looking at the log file further if the above solution does not work.
In my case (using a Polish version of Windows 8) I had to manually modify the /etc/passwd and /etc/group files.
Some lines for Administrator, Administrators, Guest, Guests, etc. had been missing, so I merely inserted them, and copied all other fields from their non-English versions. Eg.
nano /etc/passwd
SYSTEM:*:18:544:,S-1-5-18::
LocalService:*:19:544:U-NT AUTHORITY\LocalService,S-1-5-19::
NetworkService:*:20:544:U-NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService,S-1-5-20::
Administrators:*:544:544:,S-1-5-32-544::
Administratorzy:*:544:544:,S-1-5-32-544::
TrustedInstaller:*:4294967294:4294967294:U-NT SERVICE\TrustedInstaller,S-1-5-80-956008885-3418522649-1831038044-1853292631-2271478464::
Administrator:unused:500:513:U-gordito\Administrator,S-1-5-21-580982140-4090956935-1935414389-500:/home/Administrator:/bin/bash
Guest:unused:501:513:U-gordito\Gość,S-1-5-21-580982140-4090956935-1935414389-501:/home/Gość:/bin/bash
Gość:unused:501:513:U-gordito\Gość,S-1-5-21-580982140-4090956935-1935414389-501:/home/Gość:/bin/bash
HomeGroupUser$:unused:1004:513:HomeGroupUser$,U-gordito\HomeGroupUser$,S-1-5-21-580982140-4090956935-1935414389-1004:/home/HomeGroupUser$:/bin/bash
sshd:unused:1006:513:sshd privsep,U-gordito\sshd,S-1-5-21-580982140-4090956935-1935414389-1006:/var/empty:/bin/false
cyg_server:unused:1007:513:Privileged server,U-gordito\cyg_server,S-1-5-21-580982140-4090956935-1935414389-1007:/var/empty:/bin/false
nano /etc/group
root:S-1-5-32-544:0:
SYSTEM:S-1-5-18:18:
TrustedInstaller:S-1-5-80-956008885-3418522649-1831038044-1853292631-2271478464:4294967294:
Administrators:S-1-5-32-544:544:
Administratorzy:S-1-5-32-544:544:
Czytelnicy dzienników zdarzeń:S-1-5-32-573:573:
Guests:S-1-5-32-546:546:
Goście:S-1-5-32-546:546:
IIS_IUSRS:S-1-5-32-568:568:
Users:S-1-5-32-545:545:
Users DCOM:S-1-5-32-562:562:
Użytkownicy:S-1-5-32-545:545:
Użytkownicy DCOM:S-1-5-32-562:562:
Użytkownicy dzienników wydajności:S-1-5-32-559:559:
Użytkownicy monitora wydajności:S-1-5-32-558:558:
Użytkownicy zarządzania zdalnego:S-1-5-32-580:580:
HomeUsers:S-1-5-21-580982140-4090956935-1935414389-1003:1003:
TelnetClients:S-1-5-21-580982140-4090956935-1935414389-1005:1005:
WinRMRemoteWMIUsers__:S-1-5-21-580982140-4090956935-1935414389-1000:1000:
None:S-1-5-21-580982140-4090956935-1935414389-513:513:
Brak:S-1-5-21-580982140-4090956935-1935414389-513:513:
Only after this, I was finally able to chmod g-rwx all the files that offended sshd, in a way that 'ls -la' indeed confirmed the dropped permissions for group and other.
Then finally, privileged CYGWIN services installed and started (sshd, cron)

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