ZCM Agent 11.3.x - Remote Management - Windows User Variable

Question

I noticed this back during the initial deployment of 11.3.1, however have not had a chance to comeback to it. Now we are at 11.3.2 and the issue seems to still be.
On login we have a script that runs via a bundle it tracks user, date, time, computer login info to 2 locations, one on the local workstation to a hidden folder and 2 on the network.....
It looks like this in the log file
"pwolfe" , "192.168.x.x" , "LPTP-PWOLFE" , "Tue 02/03/2015" , "11:44:20.05"
What I have noticed is if someone uses ZRM (Zen Remote Management) to manage the workstation / shadow a user for help or any other such thing...the next logon on the box will look like this
"LPTP-PWOLFE$" , "192.168.x.x" , "LPTP-PWOLFE" , "Tue 02/03/2015" , "11:44:20.05"
Notice the user variable went from the username to the computer name with a dollar sign. I would say it could be the script, however see below it works fine with the old agent installed.
If you reboot the computer its fine, you can login and out time after time and it will display correctly. However if someone remote manages the computer it is broke until the next restart.
here is the script that runs:
for /f "Tokens=2 Delims=[]" %%i in ('ping -4 -n 1 "%computername%"') do set IP=%%i
Echo "%username%" , "%IP%" , "%ComputerName%" , "%date%" , "%Time%" >>"\\192.168.x.x\support\utilities\logfiles\IPaddr essLog.txt"
Echo "%username%" , "%IP%" , "%ComputerName%" , "%date%" , "%Time%" >>"C:\Utilities\IPaddressLog.txt"
This is being called as a launch item under a user run bundle, it is set to run as logged in user.
This is not happening on the older 11.2.4 separate Zone / server setup that is still in use for the majority of people. Just on the newer 11.3.x environment.
If I remove the 11.3.x agent and install the 11.2.4 agent and point it to the old environment / server it works fine.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Patrick

Answer 1

Originally Posted by CRAIGDWILSON
What happens if you create a Shortcut to this bundle and run it manually after the desktop is up and active? (after a RC session that messes stuff up?)
What happens if you create a bundle that runs "cmd.exe" as logged on user and run it manually while this other bundle is having issues? (type "set" from the cmd session....)
Thanks Craig,
I finally got some time to look at this again.
It appears on the first logon to a computer it runs correctly, if a Remote Management session takes place and once logged off and a log in is initiated you get the incorrect information. If you run the application from the Zen App Window it displays correctly. If you reboot the computer it works as expected for the first logon and then stops working if a remote session is initiated.
3 Straight logons, the 4th entry is when I ran it manually from the zen app window:
"pwolfe" , "192.168.30.75 " , "TDLARM280-50125" , "Tue 03/03/2015" , "14:53:33.77"
"TDLARM280-50125$" , "192.168.30.75 " , "TDLARM280-50125" , "Tue 03/03/2015" , "14:54:51.09"
"TDLARM280-50125$" , "192.168.30.75 " , "TDLARM280-50125" , "Tue 03/03/2015" , "14:57:24.29"
"pwolfe" , "192.168.30.75 " , "TDLARM280-50125" , "Tue 03/03/2015" , "14:58:22.51"
Here is the "Set" CMD
ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\ProgramData
APPDATA=C:\Users\pwolfe\AppData\Roaming
CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common Files
CommonProgramFiles(x86)=C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files
CommonProgramW6432=C:\Program Files\Common Files
COMPUTERNAME=TDLARM280-50125
ComSpec=C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
DEFLOGDIR=C:\ProgramData\McAfee\DesktopProtection
FP_NO_HOST_CHECK=NO
HOMEDRIVE=C:
HOMEPATH=\Users\pwolfe
LOCALAPPDATA=C:\Users\pwolfe\AppData\Local
LOGONSERVER=\\TDLARM280-50125
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=4
NWLANGUAGE=ENGLISH
NWUSERNAME=pwolfe
OS=Windows_NT
Path=C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Progra m Files (x86)\Intel\iCLS Clien
t\;C:\Program Files\Intel\iCLS Client\;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows
\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShe ll\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\Inte
l\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Mana
gement Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management En
gine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Comp
onents\IPT;C:\Program Files (x86)\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static;C:\Progra
m Files (x86)\Novell\ZENworks\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTSystem\
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WS F;.WSH;.MSC
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=AMD64
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=Intel64 Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9, GenuineIntel
PROCESSOR_LEVEL=6
PROCESSOR_REVISION=3a09
ProgramData=C:\ProgramData
ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files
ProgramFiles(x86)=C:\Program Files (x86)
ProgramW6432=C:\Program Files
PROMPT=$P$G
PSModulePath=C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell \v1.0\Modules\
PUBLIC=C:\Users\Public
SESSIONNAME=Console
SystemDrive=C:
SystemRoot=C:\Windows
TEMP=C:\Users\pwolfe\AppData\Local\Temp
TMP=C:\Users\pwolfe\AppData\Local\Temp
USERDOMAIN=TDLARM280-50125
USERNAME=pwolfe
USERPROFILE=C:\Users\pwolfe
VSEDEFLOGDIR=C:\ProgramData\McAfee\DesktopProtecti on
windir=C:\Windows
WINDOWS_LOGIN=0
windows_tracing_flags=3
windows_tracing_logfile=C:\BVTBin\Tests\installpac kage\csilogfile.log
ZENWORKS_HOME=C:\Program Files (x86)\Novell\ZENworks