powershell_script failing with "powershell.exe"' is not recognized as an internal or external command

[p-palanisamy]

powershell_script resource is failing with PATH issue where it doesn't find the location of powershell.exe.

Target OS: Windows 2012
Chef Client: 11.14.6
Chef Server: 11.1.0

Stacktrace:

Generated at 2014-09-06 13:58:26 +0000
Mixlib::ShellOut::ShellCommandFailed: powershell_script[Set DNS SearchList] (tr::set-dns-search-list line 15) had an error: Mixlib::ShellOut::ShellCommandFailed: Expected process to exit with [0], but received '1'
---- Begin output of "powershell.exe" -NoLogo -NonInteractive -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -InputFormat None -File "C:/Users/ADMINI~1/AppData/Local/Temp/chef-script20140906-2424-4bkq0u.ps1" ----
STDOUT: 
STDERR: '"powershell.exe"' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.
---- End output of "powershell.exe" -NoLogo -NonInteractive -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -InputFormat None -File "C:/Users/ADMINI~1/AppData/Local/Temp/chef-script20140906-2424-4bkq0u.ps1" ----
Ran "powershell.exe" -NoLogo -NonInteractive -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -InputFormat None -File "C:/Users/ADMINI~1/AppData/Local/Temp/chef-script20140906-2424-4bkq0u.ps1" returned 1
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/mixlib-shellout-1.4.0-x86-mingw32/lib/mixlib/shellout.rb:257:in `invalid!'
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/mixlib-shellout-1.4.0-x86-mingw32/lib/mixlib/shellout.rb:244:in `error!'
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.14.6-x86-mingw32/lib/chef/mixin/shell_out.rb:43:in `shell_out!'
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.14.6-x86-mingw32/lib/chef/provider/execute.rb:60:in `block in action_run'
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.14.6-x86-mingw32/lib/chef/mixin/why_run.rb:52:in `call'
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.14.6-x86-mingw32/lib/chef/mixin/why_run.rb:52:in `add_action'
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.14.6-x86-mingw32/lib/chef/provider.rb:156:in `converge_by'
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.14.6-x86-mingw32/lib/chef/provider/execute.rb:59:in `action_run'
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.14.6-x86-mingw32/lib/chef/provider/script.rb:38:in `action_run'
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.14.6-x86-mingw32/lib/chef/provider/windows_script.rb:56:in `action_run'
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.14.6-x86-mingw32/lib/chef/provider.rb:121:in `run_action'
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.14.6-x86-mingw32/lib/chef/resource.rb:648:in `run_action'
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.14.6-x86-mingw32/lib/chef/runner.rb:49:in `run_action'
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.14.6-x86-mingw32/lib/chef/runner.rb:81:in `block (2 levels) in converge'
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.14.6-x86-mingw32/lib/chef/runner.rb:81:in `each'
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.14.6-x86-mingw32/lib/chef/runner.rb:81:in `block in converge'
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.14.6-x86-mingw32/lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:98:in `block in execute_each_resource'
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.14.6-x86-mingw32/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:116:in `call'
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.14.6-x86-mingw32/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:116:in `call_iterator_block'
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.14.6-x86-mingw32/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:85:in `step'
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.14.6-x86-mingw32/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:104:in `iterate'
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.14.6-x86-mingw32/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:55:in `each_with_index'
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.14.6-x86-mingw32/lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:96:in `execute_each_resource'
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.14.6-x86-mingw32/lib/chef/runner.rb:80:in `converge'
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.14.6-x86-mingw32/lib/chef/client.rb:345:in `converge'
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.14.6-x86-mingw32/lib/chef/client.rb:431:in `do_run'
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.14.6-x86-mingw32/lib/chef/client.rb:227:in `run'
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.14.6-x86-mingw32/lib/chef/application.rb:236:in `run_chef_client'
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.14.6-x86-mingw32/lib/chef/application/client.rb:338:in `block in run_application'
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.14.6-x86-mingw32/lib/chef/application/client.rb:327:in `loop'
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.14.6-x86-mingw32/lib/chef/application/client.rb:327:in `run_application'
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.14.6-x86-mingw32/lib/chef/application.rb:55:in `run'
C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.14.6-x86-mingw32/bin/chef-client:26:in `<top (required)>'
C:/opscode/chef/bin/chef-client:23:in `load'
C:/opscode/chef/bin/chef-client:23:in `<main>'

[p-palanisamy]

When cwd "C:\\Windows\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0" is been specified powershell is getting executed but other commands mentioned in the code block is failing as unrecognized.

When I echoed the $env:Path inside the code block, it properly prints the contents of the environment variable PATH.
C:\7-zip;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\Amazon\cfn-bootstrap\;C:\opscode\chef\bin;C:\opscode\chef\embedded\bin

[p-palanisamy]

This appears to be because of the problem addressed in the pull request - #1876

We are adding a path to environment variable PATH using windows_path and after that the problem started.

When this pull request is expected to be merged and a new client build will be released?

[btm]

@jdmundrawala is working on a patch to include in the Windows cookbook that will work around this issue for now. I would expect we could release that this week.

chef-boneyard/windows#112

[btm]

This was fixed by #2024. Anyone experiencing any environment issues should be sure they replicate on 11.16.4 or later.