Cannot run CMD.EXE as Dynamic Administrator

  • 7004152
  • 11-Aug-2009
  • 27-Apr-2012

Environment

Novell ZENworks 10 Configuration Management with Support Pack 2 - 10.2 Bundles

Situation

action of type "Launch Windows Executable"

executable is "CMD.EXE" (or "${winsysdir}\cmd.exe", or any valid variant) and parameters are to launch a batch file (e.g.,"/c c:\x.bat"
or
executable is a batch file

Action is set to run as Dynamic Administrator

When bundle is launched, there are no errors, but the batch file is not invoked

If the action is set to run as Normal user, the action succeeds

Resolution

This is fixed in version 10.2.2 - see KB 7004803 "ZENworks 10 Configuration Management 10.2.2 - update information and list of fixes" which can be found at https://www.novell.com/support