Jni registry 'access denied' error.

[durino13]

Hi,

First of all .. I post this question in this forum, because the original component site (JNIRegistry) does not provide a dedicated forum, nor a mailing list.

Second, I have checked google here and there, but I was not able to find an answer ..

I have a problem reading the remote registry with my Java application (software scanning application). My application runs fine on Windows XP, but fails to scan computers, while the scanning computer is running Windows 7. I have disabled the UAC on Windows 7, but I still get this error:

Error:

INFO [ scanForSoftware() ] - gdmpc386( Adrian Dumitru ): scanning started ..
INFO [ connect() ] - 'net use' exit value = 0
INFO [ scanForSoftware() ] - gdmpc386: com.ice.jni.registry.RegistryException: Registry API Error 5, 'access denied' - 'RegOpenKeyEx()'
com.ice.jni.registry.RegistryException: Registry API Error 5, 'access denied' - 'RegOpenKeyEx()'
at com.ice.jni.registry.RegistryKey.openSubKey(Native Method)
at gdm.softauditor.model.ComputerModel.scanForSoftwar e(ComputerModel.java:398)
at gdm.softauditor.model.ComputerModel.scan(ComputerM odel.java:729)
at gdm.softauditor.SoftwareAuditorAgent.customCompute rSource(SoftwareAuditorAgent.java:124)
at gdm.softauditor.SoftwareAuditorAgent.main(Software AuditorAgent.java:105)
INFO [ scanForSoftware() ] - gdmpc386( Adrian Dumitru ): 0 software entries found.
INFO [ scanForSoftware() ] - gdmpc386( Adrian Dumitru ): scanning completed ..
INFO [ main() ] - 1 computers successfully scanned.
INFO [ main() ] - Application completed ..

Notice, that the 'net use' command returns 0 return value.

OS:

Problem occurs on Windows 7. It works fine on Windows XP.

This is how I connect to the remote computer in order to scan the registry:

private void connect() {

        String[] cmd = new String[3];
        cmd[0] = "cmd.exe";
        cmd[1] = "/C";
        cmd[2] = "net use \\\\" + getComputerName() + "\\ipc$ /user:" + getDomain() + "\\" + getUserName() + " " + getPassword();

        Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();

        try {

            Process proc = rt.exec(cmd);
            int exitValue = proc.waitFor();
            logger.info("'net use' exit value = " + exitValue);
            //TODO This line should be tested. If removed, I susspect, it fails to connect to remote registry.
            Thread.sleep(4000);

        } catch (Exception ex) {
            logger.severe("Exception occured while tried to connect to computer");
        }

    }

This is how I scan for the software:

private List<String> scanForSoftware() {

        logger.info(getComputerName() + "( " + getComputerDescription() + " ): scanning started ..");

        connect();

        List installedSoftware = new ArrayList();

        try {

            RegistryKey remoteKey = null;
            RegStringValue value = null;
            RegistryKey toplevelKey = Registry.getTopLevelKey("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE");
            remoteKey = toplevelKey.connectRegistry("\\\\" + getComputerName() + "\\");
            [COLOR="Red"][B]RegistryKey key = remoteKey.openSubKey("Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall", RegistryKey.ACCESS_READ);[/B][/COLOR]

            Enumeration enumer = key.keyElements();

            //build a list of all installed software
            while (enumer.hasMoreElements()) {

                try {

                    //monitor progress
                    //setProgress(Math.round(((float) cycle / (float) softwareCount) * 100));
                    //test = Math.round(((float) cycle / (float) softwareCount) * 100);

                    String regPath = "Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\" + (String) enumer.nextElement();
                    key = remoteKey.openSubKey(regPath, RegistryKey.ACCESS_READ);
                    value = (RegStringValue) key.getValue("DisplayName");
                    installedSoftware.add(value.getData());

                } catch (NoSuchKeyException ex) {
                    //System.out.println("    No such key. Aborting.");
                } catch (NoSuchValueException ex) {
                    //System.out.println("    Key not found in registry. Ignoring.");
                } catch (RegistryException ex) {
                    //System.out.println("    Registry exception occured. Ignoring.");
                } catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
                    //AppHelper.logErrorMessage(ex);
                }

            }

        } catch (NoSuchKeyException ex) {
            logger.info("Can not get key in the registry for " + this.getComputerName());
            ex.printStackTrace();
        } catch (RegistryException ex) {
            logger.info(this.getComputerName() + ": " + ex.toString());
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }

        disconnect();

        logger.info(getComputerName() + "( " + getComputerDescription() + " ): " + installedSoftware.size() + " software entries found.");
        logger.info(getComputerName() + "( " + getComputerDescription() + " ): scanning completed ..");

        return installedSoftware;

    }

Questions:

1.
Do I authenticate correctly to the remote computer with the 'net use'? Or is there other recommended way to authenticate in order to reach remote computer registry?

2.
I have disabled the UAC on Windows 7 completely (see attachment). Any idea, what else am I doing wrong?

I fight with this problem for weeks ;-/

Many thanks for your help in advance.

Juraj

[masijade]

Sounds like a question for windows, seeing as how it semms to simply have to do with accessing a remote registry key. My guess would be that they either disabled that completely, or at least made it much harder. Security, you know, its a beach.

[durino13]

One important thing I forgot to mention.

I get the 'access denied' error only when scanning computers from different domain. Although, there's a trust relationship set between domains, I explicitly authenticate like this (again, this works with XP):

net use \\computername\ipc$ password /user:DOMAIN\username

It is likely possible, that the error is in the authentication ..

Honestly, I don't like this 'net use' authentication method. I would be more happy to use some native Java methods with decent interface/return values ..

[masijade]

Again. All I can say is that it seems to be a Windows question.

[narnedrarajak]

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I want complet coding and detailed explanation where to put files of registry jni package,