I am looking for a way to capture the network credentials of the current session into a variable that I can pass later...
The point is to execute commands on a foreign domain that I have account access/privileges to, but there is not a trust between the source and target domains.
First, we run inside a powershell that was spawned using the runas command (runas /netonly /user:domian\account powershell
From here I can do pretty much everything I want to except create an event in the task scheduler without hardcoding the username/password into the command line
invoke-command -computer $destination -scriptblock {schtasks -ru domain\account -rp password}
What I am looking to do is something like
$username = Get Current Session Network Username ($(whoami) brings up the actual local longon account,not the runas account that spawned the powershell window)
$password = Get the Password that was entered when the RunAs command was executed
Once a security token has been created from credentials entered and validated against active directory, the password is no longer kept around. It is not available for retrieval and reuse elsewhere. Only the token remains. This is by design.
UPDATE:
I dug a little further to bolster my case, and it's not quite as above but the end result is the same. The password used with runas.exe does not appear to be available. The network credentials are not validated against AD, which makes sense in retrospect since you often use /netonly for working with a remote, untrusted domain: By definition, you cannot validate the remote credentials from the local system. From MSDN:
Here's information for the flag LOGON_NETCREDENTIALS_ONLY, used with CreateProcessWithLogonW.
Log on, but use the specified credentials on the network only. The new
process uses the same token as the caller, but the system creates a
new logon session within LSA, and the process uses the specified
credentials as the default credentials.
This value can be used to create a process that uses a different set
of credentials locally than it does remotely. This is useful in
inter-domain scenarios where there is no trust relationship.
The system does not validate the specified credentials. Therefore, the
process can start, but it may not have access to network resources.
Ok, so since it can't validate the credentials and get a token, then it must store the password somewhere in memory since it must pass them over the wire later for SSPI etc. So, can we get at them from the process launched from runas.exe ? Let's see:
PS> runas /netonly /user:foo\bar powershell.exe
Enter the password for foo\bar: ******
I literally used foo\bar for domain and user above. It is not validated, as mentioned already. I entered 12345 for a password. The above line will launch a new instance of powershell. So, from that new instance, let's look at the default network credentials:
PS> [System.Net.CredentialCache]::DefaultNetworkCredentials
UserName Domain
-------- ------
Oh well, out of luck: Nothing there. My guess is the credentials are guarded in some encrypted part of memory in the kernel, probably the LSA (local security authority) out of reach from prying processes.
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I'm using InstallAnywhere and due to security reasons, I need to change the Server (our application server) "Log on as" to other user than System.
I'm asking the user during the Pre-Install to supply me with a username (in a format of <Hostname\Username> or <Domain\Username>) and a password. Now I need to verify these credentials supplied by the user are valid, and if not prompt the same Panel again.
The problem is that with command line using the net start... command - I can't supply username & password.
Using the runas command - can give it the username as a parameter but not the password. (also - it was stucked on "attempting to start..." and couldn't start the process)
I've also tried PowerShell script which used the start-service command, using the -Credential parameter, but it didn't work.
another idea - is there a way to verify this using Regedit?
I've a commandline program (c#) that encrypts config files based on machine key.
A powershell script copies the build to a Target Server, modifies configs accordingly and installs windows services.
All the windows services run as local system account (standard user, non-admin) - let's call this account "locuser".
The Target Server is a Win 2012 R2 Server. All of the above is achieved by PS remoting from the Build Server to this Target server.
Now, I need to run the encrypt commandline program as "locuser", so that the program can use the account specific key to do the encryption.
I know that this can be easily achieved by calling Start-Process cmdlet with -Credentials parameter. Well, here's the catch, the above works fine, if I remote in (RDP) to the Target Server and then run the Start-Process .... -Credential $cred from a Powershell Console.
However, I need this to be working while I remote-in (using my scripts) to the TargetServer whilst deploying. When I remote-in to the TargetServer I use credentials that has Admin privileges.
I've tried the following
I've granted "locuser" both "Full Control" and "Invoke (Execute)" permissions by using the Set-PSSessionConfiguration -Name Microsoft.PowerShell -ShowSecurityDescriptorUI command. I've run this command for both Microsoft.Powershell and Microsoft.Powershell32 - Still get Access Denied
I've edited the "Local Security Policy"->"Local Policies"->"User Rights Assignment"->Impersonate a client after authentication - and added both the Admin account (that I login with) and the "locuser" account - Still get Access Denied
I've also granted locuser admin rights - Still get Access Denied
I'm pretty sure, there is some configuration on the PS Remoting Side of things that I'm missing out but can't figure out what - because all Powershell throws me is a Access Denied error (see screenshot) with little to no useful information to troubleshoot further.
Also, checked Event logs for any traces but to no avail.
You've fallen prey to the dreaded Double Hop. Basically you're authenticating from computer A to computer B, then trying to authenticate again from computer B to computer C (which also happens to be B in this case).
If at all possible, you would be better off ending the session and starting a new one with the locuser credentials, then just calling Start-Process. Another, more messy approach is to use schtasks.
I can tell you how to do it in the same session but it's a bit messy and very complicated, and should only be a last resort:
On the originating server (Build Server):
Run the command Enable-WSManCredSSP -Role Client -Delegate [name] where [name] is an IP or DNS address / range including any target servers (eg "192.168.1.*")
Open GPEdit.msc, navigate to Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Credentials Delegation and check that the rules Allow delegating fresh credentials and Allow delegating fresh credentials with NTLM... are enabled and include [name]
On the Target Server:
Run the command Enable-WSManCredSSP -Role Server
Running the command:
Invoke-Command [targetserver] [-Credential $cred] -Scriptblock {
## do stuff
Invoke-Command . -Credential $locusercred -Authentication Credssp -ScriptBlock {
Start-Process -FilePath $sc #etc
}
}
Some things to be aware of:
Firstly I used this setup to create a local session, then remote from there (so A-A-B instead of A-B-B) so the Group Policy stuff might be in the wrong place but pretty sure it's right.
Secondly I found that credentials are a pain to get working in sessions (in this case $locusercred). I did get it going natively but weirdly it suddenly couldn't decrypt the securestring. I ended up saving a securestring with a defined key to the registry so it can always be decrypted from any account, you may need to come up with your own solution there.
All this stuff is explained in the free eBook "The Secrets of PowerShell Remoting", if you go for the double-hop approach I recommend giving it a read.
I know how to get the domain of the user that you are logged into on windows. That's not the problem.
You can do that with $env:USERDOMAIN (and various other ways...)
My situation:
I'm logged into windows as D1Username under DomainOne.
I run cmd and do: runas /user:DomainTwo\D2Username /netonly powershell
In this powershell session, I have the permissions of D2Username, obviously.
When I do $env:USERDOMAIN, I get DomainOne, when (I would think) I should be getting DomainTwo.
What can I do, if anything, to get the domain of the user that is being logged into via "runas"?
I don't have the resources to test this atm., but isn't this exactly what the /netonly parameter is for?
/netonly : Indicates that the user information specified is for
remote access only.
Source: Runas # TechNet
$env:USERDOMAIN is a local variable/run inside a local process, so it should report the domain of your local user. However, if you check the variable while remoting another computer, the runas credentials should be used for the network authentication (and because of that the remote session) and it would hopefully return DomainTwo. Try:
Invoke-Command { $env:USERDOMAIN } -ComputerName computer2.domainone.com
Removing the /netonly from the runas-command should give you the desired output.
I want to write a Powershell script that will validate a large number of service accounts that was provided to me by my AD team. Not that I don't trust them but I want to cycle thru each domain username and password to see if it logs in or fails. I am looking for some suggestions so far my attempts have failed (see post http://tjo.me/fKtvPM).
Thanks
P.S. I don't have access to AD so I have to try to login using the credentials to test.
This is really hacky (ugly for least-privileged model), but if you know that all of the service accounts have access to a particular program / file, you can try to start a process using their credentials.
$cred = get-credential # however you're getting the info from AD team, pass it hear to get-credential
start-process powershell -argumentlist "-command","exit" -cred (get-credential)
$? # if $true, process started (and exited) successfully, else failed (either bad creds or account can't access powershell.exe
Unfortunately, since you can't query AD directly, I think any solution is going to be a bit of a hack, since by definition you're going to have to simulate logging in as the user account.
I have a Powershell script that is going to be run through an automation tool against multiple servers.
It works fine on Windows machines, as the remote calls use the tool's service account without any need for prompting or exposing any credentials in code.
This script also runs against Linux machines via SSH using the SharpSSH package. SharpSSH does not automatically use the Powershell user's credentials but requires either a username and password, an RSA key file, or a PSCredential object.
I can't prompt for credentials using Get-Credential, because it's being run through the automation tool. I don't want to expose the username and password in code or have an RSA key sitting out there. I would like to construct a PSCredential object from the current Powershell user (the service account).
Trying [System.Net.CredentialCache]::DefaultNetworkCredentials shows a blank, and [System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent() doesn't provide the object or information I need.
Does anyone have a method for creating a PSCredential object from the current user? Or maybe a completely different alternative for this problem?
Many thanks!
The Windows API will not expose the information you need, which is why Powershell can't get to them. Its an intentional feature of the security subsystem. The only way for this to work is for the Linux machines to trust the calling machine, such as joining them to an Active Directory (or any kerberos setup really).
Aside from that, you'd need to store and pass this information somehow.
You could store the RSA key in the user's keystore and extract it at runtime (using the .NET Crypto/Keystore libs), so you aren't storing the key around with the code. That way the key itself would be protected by the OS and available only when the calling user was authenticated. You'd have one more thing to install, but may be the only way to achieve what you are aiming for.
"Trying [System.Net.CredentialCache]::DefaultNetworkCredentials shows a blank, and [System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent() doesn't provide the object or information I need."
You already have your answer. I use this to pass the currently logged in user's credentials along in several scripts:
$Credentials = [System.Net.CredentialCache]::DefaultNetworkCredentials
$Username = $Credentials.UserName
$Password = $Credentials.Password
If you try to dump them to any kind of readable output, those values are empty when you dump them (for obvious security reasons), however they do work where you need a PSCredential object.
How about encrypting the password using the service account's encryption key?
A quick example:
Run PowerShell as the service account, run the following and save the output to a text file (or embed it in the scheduled task call):
$String = '<PASSWORD>'
ConvertFrom-SecureString -SecureString (ConvertTo-SecureString -String $String -AsPlainText -Force)
Use the following in your scheduled task in order to decrypt and utilize the password:
$EncryptedString = '<ENCRYPTED PASSWORD FROM ABOVE>'
[Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::PtrToStringAuto([Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::SecureStringToBSTR((ConvertTo-SecureString -String $EncryptedString)))
That should do the trick. You cannot reuse the encrypted password on a different computer, though, or if you for whatever reason destroy you local key store :)
Since you can get the password in plaintext from a credential object, I doubt you can get this without prompting.