Issue with xp_cmdshell

• DamianC

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  September 29, 2015 at 10:24 am

  #311920

  Hello

  I've started getting an issue with this command

  It's trying to access a specific directory and I am getting 'Access is Denied'

  Something has been changed in the last couple of weeks and I'm not sure what it is

  I suspect that security on the folder has been amended

  How do I find which account xp_cmdshell runs as so I can go to our networking department and have them check the AD account?

  Thanks

  - Damian

• Maddave

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  October 1, 2015 at 7:31 am

  #1830754

  You can issue the command xp_cmdshell 'whoami.exe' to see what security context the command is being executed as.