Reputation: 61483
Is it possible to convert NetworkCredentials (or a variant) to a PSCredential?
I want to transparently use the credentials of the current user, but don't want to prompt them.
Upvotes: 5
Views: 6393
Reputation: 6091
$cred = new-object PSCredential($nc.UserName, (ConvertTo-SecureString $nc.Password -AsPlainText -Force))
Upvotes: 3
Reputation: 45273
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::Load("System.Management.Automation")
$dc = [System.Net.CredentialCache]::DefaultCredentials
$psc = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $dc.UserName, $dc.SecurePassword
That would do it, except that the default credentials are not set for the current application domain in which PowerShell is running.
At least this illustrates how you can create a PSCredential
from a persisted username and password. The SecureString
is always a bummer but I believe NetworkCredential
offers a plaintext constructor you can use and a SecureString
property to read from.
Upvotes: 1