Powershell Start-Process ignored in remote session

Question

I am starting a new process using:

$removeArguments = "-Command  `"&{import-module .\deploy-utility.psm1; RemoveSolutions -solutionNames $solutionNames -url $url;}`""
start-process powershell -ArgumentList $removeArguments -Wait

This works fine when run locally but when run in remote session the statement is simply ignored.

I have also tried moving the command to a separate file but this makes no difference.

$removeArguments = "-File .\deploy-utility-functions.ps1", "remove", "$solutionNames", "$url"
$script = {start-process powershell -ArgumentList $removeArguments -Wait -NoNewWindow | Out-Host}
Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock $script

Remote call:

$script = [scriptblock]::create("& '.\$targetFile' '$arguments'")
$result = Invoke-Command -Session $s -ScriptBlock $script

Any suggestions?

James Woolfenden · Answer 1 · 2013-02-22T16:01:05.977

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You can have issues with permissions in remote sessions for the second hop ( Permissions of the started process in your case). See enabling credssp http://ss64.com/ps/enable-wsmancredssp.html

edited Feb 22 '13 at 16:01

answered Feb 22 '13 at 15:43

James Woolfenden

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The remote call itself is initiated and all actions up to and after Start-Process runs fine. It is just that the Start-Process appear to be ignored. – Martin Nilsson Feb 22 '13 at 15:46
The remote call itself, and the commands run in that session are "first hop". – mjolinor Feb 22 '13 at 15:55
Does it count as a "second hop" if the second process is started on the same machine? – Martin Nilsson Feb 24 '13 at 22:12

Powershell Start-Process ignored in remote session

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