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Subject: Re: Twapi get primary domain controller
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OK, I just tried this and discovered something wonderful :-(and
undocumented) about the Win32 BackupEventLog API. The file name you
specify must be a full path on the remote system. If you specify a
relative path (including just specifying the file name portion),
Windows will take the current dir on the *local* system, append the
file yuo specify and try to write to it on the *remote* system! If your
current dir path on the local system does not exist on the remote
system you will get the "path does not exist" error. What a crock!

The upshot is specify the full path of the backup file on the remote
system and it should work.

/Ashok

getshor...@gmail.com wrote:
> palm...@yahoo.com ha scritto:
>
> > Not sure this will be much help but
> > twapi::get_primary_domain_controller is more or less a direct call into
> > Win32 NetGetDCName so you can look up MSDN for detailed description and
> > try doing
> >
> > twapi::NetGetDCName  SYSTEMNAME DOMAINNAME
> >
> > Pass "" as either parameter to refer to local system or default.
>
>
> Thank you.
> With the help of MSDN
> (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/netmgmt/netmgmt/netgetdcname.asp),
> I have understood that API: you can remote it only to a domain
> controller, nor to desktops neither to member servers. The DsGetDcName
> API would be a bit more useful, as it supports many more options. It
> remains one problem with twapi::get_primary_domain_controller, that the
> -system option should work when COMPUTERNAME is a domain controller
>
>
>
> > Regarding the eventlog backup, from what I remember the eventlog back
> > up is done by the SCM itself which runs under the built-in LocalSystem
> > account and has no network credentials. Even if you invoke the command
> > as domain admin, the SCM itself in all likelihood does not have access
> > to the network share and will not be able to write to it. You'll
> > probably have to write locally and then file copy it to the network
> > share.
> >
> > /Ashok
>
>
> I get your point, but don't you think that at least the following code
> should work ?
>
> set remoteMachineEvt [twapi::eventlog_open -system REMOTEMACHINE]
> twapi::eventlog_backup $remoteMachineEvt test0831.evt
>
> Instead, I get "The system cannot find the file specified."
> 
> Regards,
> Frank