So I tried messing around the basics by creating a bulk user script. I made 3 dummy accounts with different information.
I also set a securestring password for the accounts, but here's the thing, how do I check if I DID actually implement the passwords? Currently in my Active Directory, the users are created with a black arrow marked on the icon.
From what I understand its either I haven't enable the account or I didn't set a password for it. Is there a way for me to login into these dummy account to test if I have actually added the password?
Sorry, I'm a total beginner to this, still learning hence I have certain doubts. Im using a VM Win Server 2019 for practice.
I check passwords are actual this way:
$de = New-Object -TypeName 'System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry' -ArgumentList #($null, 'UserName', 'Pa$$w0Rd')
if ($de.DistinguishedName -eq $null)
{
# Could not login to DC#
}
But user needs to be enabled and allowed to logon.
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I have the following script for logging in to salesforce on IE.
I want to login using chrome or firefox.
If I need a completely new script I will use it.
$username = "username#domain.com"
$password = "Mypassword"
$ie = New-Object -com InternetExplorer.Application
$ie.visible=$true
$ie.navigate("https://login.salesforce.com")
while ($ie.Busy -eq $true)
{
Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 1000;
}
$ie.document.getElementById("username").value= "$username
$ie.document.getElementById("password").value = "$password"
$login = $ie.document.getElementsByClassName("button r4 wide primary") | Select-Object -first 1
$login.click()
TL;DR: There's no built-in way to do what you're asking.
Let me preface this by saying that, in general, trying to automate logins in this manner is a really, really bad idea. I cannot stress enough how dangerous this is from a security perspective. I would strongly recommend against attempting to write a Powershell script to automate a login in this manner unless it is done with a fake username and password for learning/test purposes.
That being said, IE has a rich COM interface - Chrome and Firefox, not so much. You will need to install an extension to enable the same functionality.
This is evil, if you want systematic access and automation you should look into proper REST or SOAP API access, with OAuth2 flows. There's even a flow where you don't share password, the trust is established by signing a request with certificate that was earlier uploaded to SF and the user preauthorised...
This should never be part of any serious deliverable. If this gets hacked - your company / client can sue for damages.
If you really need it you can use simple GET like https://login.salesforce.com/?un=username#example.com&pw=hunter2, no need for fancy scripting. In Setup -> Login History you'll see that the method was GET instead of POST (submitting the real form). I don't think it's officially supported, they could change it anytime. It'd pass your password plaintext over the web...
Edit:
Check what your company signed. For example the Master Service Agreement
https://a.sfdcstatic.com/content/dam/www/ocms-backup/assets/pdf/misc/salesforce_MSA.pdf
(…)the Service or Content may not be accessed by more than that number
of Users, (b) a User’s password may not be shared with any other
individual(…)
Hoping someone can assist me... Is there a way to force powershell to prompt for Credentials before then loading another script?
I have a gui which is a series of buttons which will load various other scripts. However one or two of them require authentication with another account. So i want the button to be hit it asks for creds then runs that PS.1 file as that account.
Most i have just coded like below so it loads the script.
$Script1.Add_Click({
& 'Location of File'
})
Thanks
As Theo said solved this:
Add $cred = Get-Credential as the first command inside the Add_Click event handler scriptblock.
I was hoping someone could help.
I need to somehow force local users to change passwords on the first of every month.
I've looked at PS and not found a way to set this flag.
Nor a way of adding this into GPO via PS.
If someone who is a PS guru can help I'd be very appreciative.
Cheers CM
EDITED!!
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2089854-script-to-create-local-users-on-workstation
As per the above link we can change its expiry to true and next time user must change the password
$expUser = [ADSI]"WinNT://localhost/$user,user"
$expUser.passwordExpired = 1
$expUser.setinfo()
The user 'USER' will asked to change the password
I am working on a script using Powershell to fill out a website form. I am using my work computer which means I don't have Admin rights. Is it possible to fill out a form on a website using Powershell commands? For example, tab 4 times, keystroke "R", "A", etc., and then tab to the "Submit" button and click it?
You could use the Internet Explorer COM Object:
$ie = new-object -ComObject "InternetExplorer.Application"
$ie.navigate("https://yourURL")
while($ie.busy){sleep -mil 200}
You can then fill out the form with something like this (There are methods for getting by name/id/tagname etc)(this code might not actually work but it should be kinda similar):
$ie.Document.GetElementById("ElementID").value = "yourValue"
....
$ie.document.getElementById("buttonID").click()
The thing to watch out for is the security zone your target website is in. If you find that the Document property of the $ie object is null after calling .navigate() then you or your admin need to mark the target site as safe in the IE security settings for it to work without admin privileges.
P.S.: Here is the Documentation for the InternetExplorer.Application Object: MSDN
I know you can create powershell logon scripts and run them via Group Policy. We have a requirement where we need the user to accept the IT Usage Policy and one way I thought of doing this would be to use a login script. It would halt the login process and display a popup box after successfully logging in asking if they accept the policy (And requiring the OK/YES button to be pushed) before proceeding with login and taking the user to their desktop. Is this possible? If so, can it be set to either only run once or say every month?
If it is important, we exclusively run Windows 7 desktops.
The short answer is Yes. Here is a link to an example Provide a Yes/No Prompt in Windows PowerShell
Along with the link posted by #neolisk you should be able to cover off both sides of your question.
$a = new-object -comobject wscript.shell
$intAnswer = $a.popup("Do you want to choose Yes or No?", 0,"Confirmation",4)
It does not work when you execute the script as "logon one". There should be a costrain that inhibit the appears of messageboxes.