Showing posts with label temporary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label temporary. Show all posts

Sunday, March 11, 2012

Change xp_cmdshell working directory?

Hello,
xp_cmdshell seems to be using c:\windows\system32 as some sort of "working"
directory. When we excute commands that create temporary files (such as FTP
for example), they write their temporary files to c:\windows\system32. If
we're ftping a large file, this causes problems.
Can this be changed? When FTP.exe is run from a normal command window, it
seems to respect the TEMP/TMP environment variable settings. When run from
xp_cmdshell, it doesn't seem to respect those settings.
Does anyone have any ideas?
You need to set the TEMP/TMP environment variable settings for the user that
SQL Server runs as. SQL Server does not run as *your* account, typically,
so changing your environment variables does absolutely nothing for the SQL
Server process.
A
"Daniel Peterson" <pythas@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:B2531A19-F787-4365-9F5E-3B29AE3D7956@.microsoft.com...
> Hello,
> xp_cmdshell seems to be using c:\windows\system32 as some sort of
> "working"
> directory. When we excute commands that create temporary files (such as
> FTP
> for example), they write their temporary files to c:\windows\system32. If
> we're ftping a large file, this causes problems.
> Can this be changed? When FTP.exe is run from a normal command window, it
> seems to respect the TEMP/TMP environment variable settings. When run
> from
> xp_cmdshell, it doesn't seem to respect those settings.
> Does anyone have any ideas?
|||Hello,
The environment variables are set properly for the service account.
It looks like this FTP procedure is part of a defined job that's scheduled
to run a couple of times a week. That step that uses xp_cmdshell to call FTP
is set to run as "Self".
Any other ideas?
"Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]" wrote:

> You need to set the TEMP/TMP environment variable settings for the user that
> SQL Server runs as. SQL Server does not run as *your* account, typically,
> so changing your environment variables does absolutely nothing for the SQL
> Server process.
> A
>
> "Daniel Peterson" <pythas@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:B2531A19-F787-4365-9F5E-3B29AE3D7956@.microsoft.com...
>
>
|||> It looks like this FTP procedure is part of a defined job that's scheduled
> to run a couple of times a week. That step that uses xp_cmdshell to call
> FTP
> is set to run as "Self".
> Any other ideas?
Oh, you didn't mention this was a scheduled job. What is the proxy/account
in use for the SQL Server Agent service (not SQL Server itself)? Who is the
owner of the job?
|||SQL Service Account is running as the same service account as the SQL Server
itself. If I login as that service account user, environment variables look
like they get set properly. Looks like the server isn't configured with a
proxy account.
Didn't realize it was a scheduled job either, our developers left that out
of the email they sent me, and I just noticed it when I was pawing through
the job definition more.
Looks like the owner of the job is sa.
"Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]" wrote:

> Oh, you didn't mention this was a scheduled job. What is the proxy/account
> in use for the SQL Server Agent service (not SQL Server itself)? Who is the
> owner of the job?
>
>

Change xp_cmdshell working directory?

Hello,
xp_cmdshell seems to be using c:\windows\system32 as some sort of "working"
directory. When we excute commands that create temporary files (such as FTP
for example), they write their temporary files to c:\windows\system32. If
we're ftping a large file, this causes problems.
Can this be changed? When FTP.exe is run from a normal command window, it
seems to respect the TEMP/TMP environment variable settings. When run from
xp_cmdshell, it doesn't seem to respect those settings.
Does anyone have any ideas?You need to set the TEMP/TMP environment variable settings for the user that
SQL Server runs as. SQL Server does not run as *your* account, typically,
so changing your environment variables does absolutely nothing for the SQL
Server process.
A
"Daniel Peterson" <pythas@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:B2531A19-F787-4365-9F5E-3B29AE3D7956@.microsoft.com...
> Hello,
> xp_cmdshell seems to be using c:\windows\system32 as some sort of
> "working"
> directory. When we excute commands that create temporary files (such as
> FTP
> for example), they write their temporary files to c:\windows\system32. If
> we're ftping a large file, this causes problems.
> Can this be changed? When FTP.exe is run from a normal command window, it
> seems to respect the TEMP/TMP environment variable settings. When run
> from
> xp_cmdshell, it doesn't seem to respect those settings.
> Does anyone have any ideas?|||Hello,
The environment variables are set properly for the service account.
It looks like this FTP procedure is part of a defined job that's scheduled
to run a couple of times a week. That step that uses xp_cmdshell to call FTP
is set to run as "Self".
Any other ideas?
"Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]" wrote:
> You need to set the TEMP/TMP environment variable settings for the user that
> SQL Server runs as. SQL Server does not run as *your* account, typically,
> so changing your environment variables does absolutely nothing for the SQL
> Server process.
> A
>
> "Daniel Peterson" <pythas@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:B2531A19-F787-4365-9F5E-3B29AE3D7956@.microsoft.com...
> > Hello,
> >
> > xp_cmdshell seems to be using c:\windows\system32 as some sort of
> > "working"
> > directory. When we excute commands that create temporary files (such as
> > FTP
> > for example), they write their temporary files to c:\windows\system32. If
> > we're ftping a large file, this causes problems.
> >
> > Can this be changed? When FTP.exe is run from a normal command window, it
> > seems to respect the TEMP/TMP environment variable settings. When run
> > from
> > xp_cmdshell, it doesn't seem to respect those settings.
> >
> > Does anyone have any ideas?
>
>|||> It looks like this FTP procedure is part of a defined job that's scheduled
> to run a couple of times a week. That step that uses xp_cmdshell to call
> FTP
> is set to run as "Self".
> Any other ideas?
Oh, you didn't mention this was a scheduled job. What is the proxy/account
in use for the SQL Server Agent service (not SQL Server itself)? Who is the
owner of the job?|||SQL Service Account is running as the same service account as the SQL Server
itself. If I login as that service account user, environment variables look
like they get set properly. Looks like the server isn't configured with a
proxy account.
Didn't realize it was a scheduled job either, our developers left that out
of the email they sent me, and I just noticed it when I was pawing through
the job definition more.
Looks like the owner of the job is sa.
"Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]" wrote:
> > It looks like this FTP procedure is part of a defined job that's scheduled
> > to run a couple of times a week. That step that uses xp_cmdshell to call
> > FTP
> > is set to run as "Self".
> >
> > Any other ideas?
> Oh, you didn't mention this was a scheduled job. What is the proxy/account
> in use for the SQL Server Agent service (not SQL Server itself)? Who is the
> owner of the job?
>
>|||You can verify the account and the environment variables by
executing a job with the same job owner to execute
xp_cmdshell 'SET' . Have the job step output to a file and
then check that file.
Check the system variables for the temporary directory as
well. Control Panel -> System. Select the Advanced tab - you
can check environment variables there. Not everything
related to a profile is loaded when the account is running a
service.
-Sue
On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:07:03 -0800, Daniel Peterson
<pythas@.hotmail.com> wrote:
>SQL Service Account is running as the same service account as the SQL Server
>itself. If I login as that service account user, environment variables look
>like they get set properly. Looks like the server isn't configured with a
>proxy account.
>Didn't realize it was a scheduled job either, our developers left that out
>of the email they sent me, and I just noticed it when I was pawing through
>the job definition more.
>Looks like the owner of the job is sa.
>"Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]" wrote:
>> > It looks like this FTP procedure is part of a defined job that's scheduled
>> > to run a couple of times a week. That step that uses xp_cmdshell to call
>> > FTP
>> > is set to run as "Self".
>> >
>> > Any other ideas?
>> Oh, you didn't mention this was a scheduled job. What is the proxy/account
>> in use for the SQL Server Agent service (not SQL Server itself)? Who is the
>> owner of the job?
>>

Change xp_cmdshell working directory?

Hello,
xp_cmdshell seems to be using c:\windows\system32 as some sort of "working"
directory. When we excute commands that create temporary files (such as FTP
for example), they write their temporary files to c:\windows\system32. If
we're ftping a large file, this causes problems.
Can this be changed? When FTP.exe is run from a normal command window, it
seems to respect the TEMP/TMP environment variable settings. When run from
xp_cmdshell, it doesn't seem to respect those settings.
Does anyone have any ideas?You need to set the TEMP/TMP environment variable settings for the user that
SQL Server runs as. SQL Server does not run as *your* account, typically,
so changing your environment variables does absolutely nothing for the SQL
Server process.
A
"Daniel Peterson" <pythas@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:B2531A19-F787-4365-9F5E-3B29AE3D7956@.microsoft.com...
> Hello,
> xp_cmdshell seems to be using c:\windows\system32 as some sort of
> "working"
> directory. When we excute commands that create temporary files (such as
> FTP
> for example), they write their temporary files to c:\windows\system32. If
> we're ftping a large file, this causes problems.
> Can this be changed? When FTP.exe is run from a normal command window, it
> seems to respect the TEMP/TMP environment variable settings. When run
> from
> xp_cmdshell, it doesn't seem to respect those settings.
> Does anyone have any ideas?|||Hello,
The environment variables are set properly for the service account.
It looks like this FTP procedure is part of a defined job that's scheduled
to run a couple of times a week. That step that uses xp_cmdshell to call FT
P
is set to run as "Self".
Any other ideas?
"Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]" wrote:

> You need to set the TEMP/TMP environment variable settings for the user th
at
> SQL Server runs as. SQL Server does not run as *your* account, typically,
> so changing your environment variables does absolutely nothing for the SQL
> Server process.
> A
>
> "Daniel Peterson" <pythas@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:B2531A19-F787-4365-9F5E-3B29AE3D7956@.microsoft.com...
>
>|||> It looks like this FTP procedure is part of a defined job that's scheduled
> to run a couple of times a week. That step that uses xp_cmdshell to call
> FTP
> is set to run as "Self".
> Any other ideas?
Oh, you didn't mention this was a scheduled job. What is the proxy/account
in use for the SQL Server Agent service (not SQL Server itself)? Who is the
owner of the job?|||SQL Service Account is running as the same service account as the SQL Server
itself. If I login as that service account user, environment variables look
like they get set properly. Looks like the server isn't configured with a
proxy account.
Didn't realize it was a scheduled job either, our developers left that out
of the email they sent me, and I just noticed it when I was pawing through
the job definition more.
Looks like the owner of the job is sa.
"Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]" wrote:

> Oh, you didn't mention this was a scheduled job. What is the proxy/accoun
t
> in use for the SQL Server Agent service (not SQL Server itself)? Who is t
he
> owner of the job?
>
>|||You can verify the account and the environment variables by
executing a job with the same job owner to execute
xp_cmdshell 'SET' . Have the job step output to a file and
then check that file.
Check the system variables for the temporary directory as
well. Control Panel -> System. Select the Advanced tab - you
can check environment variables there. Not everything
related to a profile is loaded when the account is running a
service.
-Sue
On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:07:03 -0800, Daniel Peterson
<pythas@.hotmail.com> wrote:
[vbcol=seagreen]
>SQL Service Account is running as the same service account as the SQL Serve
r
>itself. If I login as that service account user, environment variables loo
k
>like they get set properly. Looks like the server isn't configured with a
>proxy account.
>Didn't realize it was a scheduled job either, our developers left that out
>of the email they sent me, and I just noticed it when I was pawing through
>the job definition more.
>Looks like the owner of the job is sa.
>"Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]" wrote:
>

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Change temporary tables location

Hi:
I was wondering if it is possible, in SQL Server, change the database
where temp tables are generated by default.
I know that temp tables are generated on tempdb, but this is very bad
when there's much concurrency...
I need some "magic configuration" that allows me to specify the
temporary tables location for each database, like in Oracle.
Is there anything like that in SQL Server?
Thanks,
Ravi Wallau
nospam@.nospam.orgThere magic is anywhere else, but not in this settings of SQL Server.
HTH, Jens Suessmeyer.|||As far as I am aware there isn't a way of doing what your asking inside SQL
Server
---
Retrograde
"Ravi Ambros Wallau" wrote:

> Hi:
> I was wondering if it is possible, in SQL Server, change the database
> where temp tables are generated by default.
> I know that temp tables are generated on tempdb, but this is very bad
> when there's much concurrency...
> I need some "magic configuration" that allows me to specify the
> temporary tables location for each database, like in Oracle.
> Is there anything like that in SQL Server?
> Thanks,
> --
> Ravi Wallau
> nospam@.nospam.org
>
>

Change temporary tables location

Hi:
I was wondering if it is possible, in SQL Server, change the database
where temp tables are generated by default.
I know that temp tables are generated on tempdb, but this is very bad
when there's much concurrency...
I need some "magic configuration" that allows me to specify the
temporary tables location for each database, like in Oracle.
Is there anything like that in SQL Server?
Thanks,
Ravi Wallau
nospam@.nospam.org
There magic is anywhere else, but not in this settings of SQL Server.
HTH, Jens Suessmeyer.
|||As far as I am aware there isn't a way of doing what your asking inside SQL
Server
Retrograde
"Ravi Ambros Wallau" wrote:

> Hi:
> I was wondering if it is possible, in SQL Server, change the database
> where temp tables are generated by default.
> I know that temp tables are generated on tempdb, but this is very bad
> when there's much concurrency...
> I need some "magic configuration" that allows me to specify the
> temporary tables location for each database, like in Oracle.
> Is there anything like that in SQL Server?
> Thanks,
> --
> Ravi Wallau
> nospam@.nospam.org
>
>

Change temporary tables location

Hi:
I was wondering if it is possible, in SQL Server, change the database
where temp tables are generated by default.
I know that temp tables are generated on tempdb, but this is very bad
when there's much concurrency...
I need some "magic configuration" that allows me to specify the
temporary tables location for each database, like in Oracle.
Is there anything like that in SQL Server?
Thanks,
--
Ravi Wallau
nospam@.nospam.orgThere magic is anywhere else, but not in this settings of SQL Server.
HTH, Jens Suessmeyer.|||As far as I am aware there isn't a way of doing what your asking inside SQL
Server
---
Retrograde
"Ravi Ambros Wallau" wrote:
> Hi:
> I was wondering if it is possible, in SQL Server, change the database
> where temp tables are generated by default.
> I know that temp tables are generated on tempdb, but this is very bad
> when there's much concurrency...
> I need some "magic configuration" that allows me to specify the
> temporary tables location for each database, like in Oracle.
> Is there anything like that in SQL Server?
> Thanks,
> --
> Ravi Wallau
> nospam@.nospam.org
>
>