Enabling Powershell Remoting, Access is denied?
I am trying to enable Powershell remoting on a Windows 2008 R2 Server, running in workgroup mode.
I ran the command Enable-PSRemoting in the PowerShell Console.
PS C:\Windows\system32> Enable-PSRemoting
WinRM Quick Configuration Running command "Set-WSManQuickConfig" to enable this machine for remote management through WinRM service This includes:
1. Starting or restarting (if already started) the WinRM service
2. Setting the WinRM service type to auto start
3. Creating a listener to accept requests on any IP address
4. Enabling firewall exception for WS-Management traffic (for http only).
Do you want to continue? [Y] Yes [A] Yes to All [N] No [L] No to All [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is "Y"): y WinRM already is set up to receive requests on this machine. Set-WSManQuickConfig : Access is denied. At line:50 char:33
+ Set-WSManQuickConfig <<<< -force
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [Set-WSManQuickConfig], InvalidOperationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : WsManError,Microsoft.WSMan.Management.SetWSManQuickConfigCommand
I am logged in as a member of the Administrators Group, and running the Console As Administrator.
Just ran into and solved this problem on a couple of systems. In this particular case, these two systems were not part of a domain, and the user account was not the original "Administrator" account, but rather a newer account that was also a member of the local Administrators group.
The solution came from the following blog post I wandered across: WinRM Access is Denied on Local Computer. In short, run the following from a command prompt (launched as Administrator):
reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
After that, re-launch the PowerShell prompt as admin and re-run Enable-PSRemoting, that simple.
For any issue with Power Shell Remoting, there are two important resources.
The first is help about_Remote_Troubleshooting, which is an extensive reference.
The second is an internet search for the error you're getting. I found a PowerShell team blog post that had this checklist:
- My machine is connected to domain.
- I am logged in as administrator
- PowerShell is launched elevated.
- My password is not blank
Does one of those fix your issue?
I recently had the same error Access is denied, while trying to enable PSRemoting on hosted version of Windows 2008 R2.
I discovered that my hosting company had applied a group policy on a firewall rule, which is modified in the 4th step when trying to enabled PSRemoting:
4. Enabling firewall exception for WS-Management traffic (for http only)
Steps to fix:
1) Click on start menu >> Administrative tools >> Windows Firewall and Advanced security
2) Click on inbound rules >> new rule >> choose the option "predefined" and select Windows Remote Management from the dropdown list >> Click next
3) Now, Deselect Windows Remote Management compatibility Mode(HTTP-In) and select Windows Remote Management Mode(HTTP-In) >> Click Next >> Allow the connection >> Finish
Here's a list of useful resources for debugging this, which I used before I discovered the above fix:
Trouble Shooting References:
Check that your account is in the Local Administrators group:
powershell> whoami /all
Powershell team - Enable PSRemoting (4 common trouble shooting steps)
How to run powershell commands on remote computers (Domain vs Workgroup setup)
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