Copy-VmGuest file fails for domain user

[arvindathere]

Hi  LucD ,

Am using below command to copy file from local to guest machine.

Username is in format  domain\user

C:\Users\Administrator> Copy-VMGuestFile -Force -Source "C:\somefile.bat" -Destination "C:\" -VM  $vm -LocalToGuest -GuestUser "domain\\user"  -GuestPassword <xxxxxxxx>

Keep getting below error . Any suggestions to escape backslash in username ?

y-VMGuestFile : 10/5/2018 2:38:32 AM Copy-VMGuestFile                Failed to authenticate with the guest operating

tem using

supplied credentials.

line:1 char:1

opy-VMGuestFile -Force -Source "C:\<somefile.bat>

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Copy-VMGuestFile], InvalidGuestLogin

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_VmGuestServiceImpl_DirectoryExistsInGuest_ViError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.C

mdlets.Commands.CopyVMGuestFile

Regards,

Arvind S

[LucD]

Try using single quotes

[arvindathere]

Tried that as well. Doesnt work.      -User 'domain\\user'

Arvind S

[LucD]

With a single back-slash

[arvindathere]

used this

C:\Users\Administrator> Copy-VMGuestFile -Force -Source "C:\somefile.bat" -Destination "C:\" -VM  $vm -LocalToGuest -GuestUser 'domain\user'  -GuestPassword <xxxxxxxx>

Getting 500 internal server error. but am able to login manually into that windows machine with same credentials.

Copy-VMGuestFile : 10/5/2018 3:11:26 AM Copy-VMGuestFile                Response status code does not indicate success:

500

(Internal Server Error).

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[arvindathere · Accepted solution]

Found the issue. Since its a domain user couldnt directly copy into C:\  Was able to create a folder and copy it though.

The correct command is as you said

Copy-VMGuestFile -Force -Source "C:\somefile.bat" -Destination "C:\" -VM  $vm -LocalToGuest -GuestUser 'domain\user'  -GuestPassword <xxxxxxxx>

Thanks for the response LucD​

[LucD]

Strange that you mark your own answer as the correct answer in a question about the back-slash.

[arvindathere]

Even after escaping it (Copy) was throwing error. it solved one part of the problem.hence credited you for first half of problem.

Other users might face the same , don't want them to be stuck there.

The second half was able to overcome by creating and copying to fresh folder.

So we need to do both these for copy to work with domain users. Hence gave the full solution and marked that as correct answer.

May be my title was incomplete . will change that now.

thanks for pointing that.