Can't run CLI commands from before-checkin trigger batch file

[deanaug]

If I try to run any Plastic CLI commands from this batch file, I get the following error message (command is not executed):

Plastic SCM client is not correctly configured for current user: Client config file C:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Local Settings\Application Data\plastic\client.conf not found. Please, execute 'clconfigureclient' to perform a text mode configuration or 'plastic --configure' for graphical mode.

I even tried doing the text mode configration, so the client.conf file is in my user directory. When I run in this mode, does it not know who I am? Seems odd, since the batch file is launched from the Plastic GUI as part of a file checkin.

I have no problem running the same CLI commands directory in a command window.

Thanks!!

[psantosl]

Hi,

The only thing I can think of is that you're running the "cm" under a different user. Is that the case? Are you doing a "runas"?

Or, even better, you're mentioning you're running it in a before-checkin trigger... is it a server side trigger? If so, it is running under the SYSTEM account, which I bet is not configured.

Try placing client.conf on the Plastic SCM client directory or running cm -clientconf=yourclient.conf

Hope it helps.

pablo

[deanaug]

Yes, this is a server side before-checkin trigger. I figured doing this on the server rather than the client would avoid having to configure everyone's client to use the trigger.

I copied the client.conf file to my Plastic client install directory (C:\Program Files\PlasticSCM\client), and now the CLI commands work great in my trigger batch file! (thank you!!) So that was all that was needed to fix the problem.

BTW I included a whoami command to check who was running the commands, and it did come up as SYSTEM (not me) as you mentioned in your post.

Thanks for your help Pablo!!!

Dean