Access is denied. on localhost

[Brett Wright]

Getting access denied when running using invoke-commandas on the localhost see info below. the credential that I'm using has local admin rights.

PSVersion 5.1.14409.1018
Invoke-CommandAS 3.1.2

$cred = Get-Credential
$ScriptBlock = {dir}

Invoke-CommandAs -ScriptBlock $ScriptBlock -ComputerName localhost -Credential $cred -AsUser $cred

[localhost] Connecting to remote server localhost failed with the following error message : Access is denied. For more information, see the about_Remote_Troubleshooting Help topic.
+ CategoryInfo : OpenError: (localhost:String) [], PSRemotingTransportException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : AccessDenied,PSSessionStateBroken

[Marc R Kellerman]

Try with latest PR #34.

[Brett Wright]

Still getting the below error msg.

[localhost] Connecting to remote server localhost failed with the following error message : Access is denied. For more information, see the about_Remote_Troubleshooting Help topic.
    + CategoryInfo          : OpenError: (localhost:String) [], PSRemotingTransportException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : AccessDenied,PSSessionStateBroken

[Brett Wright]

Also tried running the command without the ComputerName parameter

Invoke-CommandAs -ScriptBlock $script -AsUser $Credential

A Using variable cannot be retrieved. A Using variable can be used only with Invoke-Command, Start-Job, or InlineScript in the script workflow. When it is used with Invoke-Command, the Using 
variable is valid only if the script block is invoked on a remote computer.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\Invoke-CommandAs\3.1.3\public\Invoke-CommandAs.ps1:347 char:21
+ ...             $Using:_Function | ForEach-Object { Invoke-Expression $_  ...
+                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UsingWithoutInvokeCommand
 
A Using variable cannot be retrieved. A Using variable can be used only with Invoke-Command, Start-Job, or InlineScript in the script workflow. When it is used with Invoke-Command, the Using 
variable is valid only if the script block is invoked on a remote computer.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\Invoke-CommandAs\3.1.3\public\Invoke-CommandAs.ps1:348 char:21
+ ...             $Using:_Using | ForEach-Object { Set-Variable -Name $_.Na ...
+                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UsingWithoutInvokeCommand
 
A Using variable cannot be retrieved. A Using variable can be used only with Invoke-Command, Start-Job, or InlineScript in the script workflow. When it is used with Invoke-Command, the Using 
variable is valid only if the script block is invoked on a remote computer.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\Invoke-CommandAs\3.1.3\public\Invoke-CommandAs.ps1:351 char:25
+                     If ($Using:ScriptBlock)   { $Parameters['ScriptBl ...
+                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UsingWithoutInvokeCommand
 
A Using variable cannot be retrieved. A Using variable can be used only with Invoke-Command, Start-Job, or InlineScript in the script workflow. When it is used with Invoke-Command, the Using 
variable is valid only if the script block is invoked on a remote computer.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\Invoke-CommandAs\3.1.3\public\Invoke-CommandAs.ps1:352 char:25
+                     If ($Using:ArgumentList)  { $Parameters['Argument ...
+                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UsingWithoutInvokeCommand
 
A Using variable cannot be retrieved. A Using variable can be used only with Invoke-Command, Start-Job, or InlineScript in the script workflow. When it is used with Invoke-Command, the Using 
variable is valid only if the script block is invoked on a remote computer.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\Invoke-CommandAs\3.1.3\public\Invoke-CommandAs.ps1:353 char:25
+                     If ($Using:AsUser)        { $Parameters['AsUser'] ...
+                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UsingWithoutInvokeCommand
 
A Using variable cannot be retrieved. A Using variable can be used only with Invoke-Command, Start-Job, or InlineScript in the script workflow. When it is used with Invoke-Command, the Using 
variable is valid only if the script block is invoked on a remote computer.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\Invoke-CommandAs\3.1.3\public\Invoke-CommandAs.ps1:354 char:25
+                     If ($Using:AsSystem)      { $Parameters['AsSystem ...
+                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UsingWithoutInvokeCommand
 
A Using variable cannot be retrieved. A Using variable can be used only with Invoke-Command, Start-Job, or InlineScript in the script workflow. When it is used with Invoke-Command, the Using 
variable is valid only if the script block is invoked on a remote computer.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\Invoke-CommandAs\3.1.3\public\Invoke-CommandAs.ps1:355 char:25
+                     If ($Using:AsInteractive) { $Parameters['AsIntera ...
+                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UsingWithoutInvokeCommand
 
A Using variable cannot be retrieved. A Using variable can be used only with Invoke-Command, Start-Job, or InlineScript in the script workflow. When it is used with Invoke-Command, the Using 
variable is valid only if the script block is invoked on a remote computer.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\Invoke-CommandAs\3.1.3\public\Invoke-CommandAs.ps1:356 char:25
+                     If ($Using:AsGMSA)        { $Parameters['AsGMSA'] ...
+                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UsingWithoutInvokeCommand
 
A Using variable cannot be retrieved. A Using variable can be used only with Invoke-Command, Start-Job, or InlineScript in the script workflow. When it is used with Invoke-Command, the Using 
variable is valid only if the script block is invoked on a remote computer.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\Invoke-CommandAs\3.1.3\public\Invoke-CommandAs.ps1:357 char:25
+                     If ($Using:IsVerbose)     { $Parameters['Verbose' ...
+                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UsingWithoutInvokeCommand
 
cmdlet Invoke-ScheduledTask at command pipeline position 1
Supply values for the following parameters:
ScriptBlock: 

[Marc R Kellerman]

3.1.4 has been publish to the gallery. This should work now.

[Brett Wright]

Seems to work better but I can't ran a script with elevated rights on the localhost.

[Marc R Kellerman]

@wrighbr this is related to another issue #30
I fixed that one too just now #35