[BUG] Windows: ps.psaux requires a "ps" command to work
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Since Sep 21, 2023.
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Execution-Module
Windows
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Description
Description
The execution function ps.psaux requires the ps command to work which is non-standard on Windows
Setup
Standard Windows install using .exe installer
- on-prem machine
- VM (Virtualbox, KVM, etc. please specify)
- VM running on a cloud service, please be explicit and add details
- container (Kubernetes, Docker, containerd, etc. please specify)
- or a combination, please be explicit
- jails if it is FreeBSD
- classic packaging
- onedir packaging
- used bootstrap to install
Steps to Reproduce the behavior
PS C:\Users\User> salt-call ps.psaux Python
Error running 'ps.psaux': Unable to run command 'ps aux'
with the context '{'cwd': 'C:\\Users\\User', 'shell': False,
'env': {'ALLUSERSPROFILE': 'C:\\ProgramData', 'APPDATA':
'C:\\Users\\User\\AppData\\Roaming', 'CommonProgramFiles':
'C:\\Program Files\\Common Files',
'CommonProgramFiles(Arm)': 'C:\\Program Files (Arm)\\Common
Files', 'CommonProgramFiles(x86)': 'C:\\Program Files
(x86)\\Common Files', 'CommonProgramW6432': 'C:\\Program
Files\\Common Files', 'COMPUTERNAME': 'WINDOWS-K3E3JQ8',
'ComSpec': 'C:\\Windows\\system32\\cmd.exe', 'DriverData':
'C:\\Windows\\System32\\Drivers\\DriverData', 'EFC_5008':
'0', 'FPS_BROWSER_APP_PROFILE_STRING': 'Internet Explorer',
'FPS_BROWSER_USER_PROFILE_STRING': 'Default', 'HOMEDRIVE':
'C:', 'HOMEPATH': '\\Users\\User', 'LOCALAPPDATA':
'C:\\Users\\User\\AppData\\Local', 'LOGONSERVER':
'\\\\WINDOWS-K3E3JQ8', 'NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS': '2',
'OneDrive': 'C:\\Users\\User\\OneDrive', 'OS': 'Windows_NT',
'Path':
'C:\\Windows\\system32;C:\\Windows;C:\\Windows\\System32\\Wbem;C:\\Windows\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\;C:\\Windows\\System32\\OpenSSH\\;C:\\Program
Files\\Salt
Project\\Salt;C:\\Users\\User\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\WindowsApps;',
'PATHEXT':
'.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC;.CPL',
'PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE': 'AMD64', 'PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER':
'ARMv8 (64-bit) Family 8 Model 0 Revision 0, QEMU',
'PROCESSOR_LEVEL': '0', 'PROCESSOR_REVISION': '0000',
'ProgramData': 'C:\\ProgramData', 'ProgramFiles':
'C:\\Program Files', 'ProgramFiles(Arm)': 'C:\\Program Files
(Arm)', 'ProgramFiles(x86)': 'C:\\Program Files (x86)',
'ProgramW6432': 'C:\\Program Files', 'PSModulePath':
'C:\\Users\\User\\Documents\\WindowsPowerShell\\Modules;C:\\Program
Files\\WindowsPowerShell\\Modules;C:\\Windows\\system32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\Modules',
'PUBLIC': 'C:\\Users\\Public', 'SESSIONNAME': 'Console',
'SystemDrive': 'C:', 'SystemRoot': 'C:\\Windows', 'TEMP':
'C:\\Users\\User\\AppData\\Local\\Temp', 'TMP':
'C:\\Users\\User\\AppData\\Local\\Temp', 'USERDOMAIN':
'WINDOWS-K3E3JQ8', 'USERDOMAIN_ROAMINGPROFILE':
'WINDOWS-K3E3JQ8', 'USERNAME': 'User', 'USERPROFILE':
'C:\\Users\\User', 'windir': 'C:\\Windows'}, 'stdin': None,
'stdout': -1, 'stderr': -2, 'with_communicate': True,
'timeout': None, 'bg': False}', reason: [WinError 2] The
system cannot find the file specified
Expected behavior
Either for the function to work as expected, or the documentation to make clear that it doesn't work on Windows.
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Versions Report
salt --versions-report
(Provided by running salt --versions-report. Please also mention any differences in master/minion versions.)Salt Version:
Salt: 3006.3
Python Version:
Python: 3.10.13 (heads/main:7ee24e6, Sep 6 2023, 02:19:49) [MSC v.1936 64 bit (AMD64)]
Dependency Versions:
cffi: 1.14.6
cherrypy: 18.6.1
dateutil: 2.8.1
docker-py: Not Installed
gitdb: 4.0.7
gitpython: Not Installed
Jinja2: 3.1.2
libgit2: Not Installed
looseversion: 1.0.2
M2Crypto: Not Installed
Mako: Not Installed
msgpack: 1.0.2
msgpack-pure: Not Installed
mysql-python: Not Installed
packaging: 22.0
pycparser: 2.21
pycrypto: Not Installed
pycryptodome: 3.10.1
pygit2: Not Installed
python-gnupg: 0.4.8
PyYAML: 6.0.1
PyZMQ: 25.0.2
relenv: 0.13.10
smmap: 4.0.0
timelib: 0.2.4
Tornado: 4.5.3
ZMQ: 4.3.4
System Versions:
dist:
locale: cp1252
machine: AMD64
release: 10
system: Windows
version: 10 10.0.22621 SP0 Multiprocessor Free
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