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powershellchef-infralocalwindows-server-2012
Faye Smelter
Faye Smelter

Reputation: 139

Error Creating New Windows Local User in Chef

The following PowerShell code to create two dummy accounts works fine for me when ran in the ISE:

$Password = ConvertTo-SecureString –AsPlainText –Force R4ndomT3xt

New-LocalUser -Name User1 -password $Password -PasswordNeverExpires -UserMayNotChangePassword

New-LocalUser -Name User2 -password $Password -PasswordNeverExpires -UserMayNotChangePassword

net user User1 /active:no

net user User2 /active:no

But when used in the following Chef recipe:

powershell_script 'Dummy' do

  code <<-EOH

                $Password = ConvertTo-SecureString –AsPlainText –Force R4ndomT3xt

                    New-LocalUser -Name User1 -password $Password -PasswordNeverExpires -UserMayNotChangePassword

                    New-LocalUser -Name User2 -password $Password -PasswordNeverExpires -UserMayNotChangePassword

                    net user User1 /active:no

                    net user User2 /active:no

      EOH

    End

..throws

"...Cannot bind parameter 'SecureKey'. Cannot convert the "R4ndomT3xt" value

of type "System.String" to type "System.Security.SecureString".

tion

n,chef-script20170918-4004-f15k8h..." etc

Can anyone suggest why the string conversion to SecureString works in the ISE but fails in the Chef recipe?

Thanks in advance.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 338

Answers (1)

Faye Smelter
Faye Smelter

Reputation: 139

Replace

$Password = ConvertTo-SecureString –AsPlainText –Force R4ndomT3xt

With

$Password = "R4ndomT3xt" | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText –Force

Happy for someone to expand on why this works.

Upvotes: 0

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