Task registration error when specifying UserId of format user@domain

[firerain-fd]

Describe the bug The error occurs in the domain environment. When a task is logged on a remote computer using the Invoke-Command in powershell. The task registers with an interactive token and specifies the user name in user@domain format. If you register the task by specifying the username in domain\user format, the task registers successfully.

System.Security.SecurityException: A specified logon session does not exist. It may already have been terminated. at System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.KerbS4ULogon(String upn, SafeAccessTokenHandle& safeTokenHandle) at System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity..ctor(String sUserPrincipalName, String type) at System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity..ctor(String sUserPrincipalName) at Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler.User..ctor(String userName) at Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler.TaskFolder.RegisterTaskDefinition(String path, TaskDefinition definition, TaskCreation createType, String userId, String password, TaskLogonType logonType, String sddl)

To Reproduce Run the command on the remote computer using Invoke-Command in powershell.

Invoke-Command -ComputerName TestServer -ScriptBlock {
    [Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile("C:\bin\Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler.dll")

    $ts = [Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler.TaskService]::Instance

    $taskDefinition = $ts.NewTask()
    $taskDefinition.Actions.Add([Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler.ExecAction]::new("powershell"))
    $taskDefinition.Principal.RunLevel = [Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler.TaskRunLevel]::LUA
    $taskDefinition.Settings.Compatibility = [Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler.TaskCompatibility]::V2_2
    $taskDefinition.Settings.DisallowStartIfOnBatteries = $false
    $taskDefinition.Settings.ExecutionTimeLimit = [TimeSpan]::FromMinutes(5)

    $ts.RootFolder.RegisterTaskDefinition("Test",
        $taskDefinition,
        [Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler.TaskCreation]::CreateOrUpdate,
        "[email protected]",
        [NullString]::Value,
        [Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler.TaskLogonType]::InteractiveToken)
}

Expected behavior Successful task registration.

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Environment (please complete the following information):

• Host Windows version (the one running the code): Windows Server 2019
• Library version: 2.9.2
• Remote Windows version (if applicable): Windows Server 2019

Additional context The error presumably occurs in the User class constructor on line 46 https://github.com/dahall/TaskScheduler/blob/270ba8f3553d003d0bf9776657d7ff5b461f0786/TaskService/User.cs#L46

It is most likely related to "double hop".

[firerain-fd]

If the AdminUser user from domain1.local logs on locally on computer server1 in domain2.local and tries to register a task with an interactive token for the TestUser user, the error A specified logon session does not exist. It may already have been terminated.

[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile("C:\bin\Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler.dll")

$ts = [Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler.TaskService]::Instance

$taskDefinition = $ts.NewTask()
$taskDefinition.Actions.Add([Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler.ExecAction]::new("powershell"))
$taskDefinition.Principal.RunLevel = [Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler.TaskRunLevel]::LUA
$taskDefinition.Settings.Compatibility = [Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler.TaskCompatibility]::V2_2
$taskDefinition.Settings.DisallowStartIfOnBatteries = $false
$taskDefinition.Settings.ExecutionTimeLimit = [TimeSpan]::FromMinutes(5)

$ts.RootFolder.RegisterTaskDefinition("Test",
    $taskDefinition,
    [Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler.TaskCreation]::CreateOrUpdate,
    "[email protected]",
    [NullString]::Value,
    [Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler.TaskLogonType]::InteractiveToken)

[firerain-fd]

The same thing happens when executing code from a console application written in C#. Examples are given for powershell, as they are easier to reproduce.

[firerain-fd]

@dahall ?

[dahall]

Do you have the same problem if you use the Register-ScheduledTask PowerShell cmdlet? I don't have a way to replicate and test this, so I first want to rule out that it isn't a problem with the underlying Windows Task Scheduler API. The error appears to be in Microsoft's WindowsIdentity class when calling a Kerberos authentication. The cmdlet from Microsoft may have approached this authentication differently, so please try it in your environment and let me know.