Isaac's Blog » PowerShell http://blog.isaacblum.com So Many Rambles So Little Time.... Fri, 14 May 2010 20:26:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 To get and store the credential for the current user http://blog.isaacblum.com/2010/02/18/to-get-and-store-the-credential-for-the-current-user/ http://blog.isaacblum.com/2010/02/18/to-get-and-store-the-credential-for-the-current-user/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:11:09 +0000 Isaac Blum http://blog.isaacblum.com/?p=300 Thank sean.

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$notespw = Read-Host "Enter the password for the Notes ID file" -AsSecureString
$notespw | ConvertFrom-SecureString | Set-Content $pwfile -force

To retrieve the password and create the PSCredential object:

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$notespw = get-content $pwfile | ConvertTo-SecureString
$notesid = new-object -typename system.management.automation.pscredential -argumentlist "-default-",$notespw

Example of use:

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Get-DominoMailbox mary@contoso.com -SourceCredential $notesid

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]]> http://blog.isaacblum.com/2010/02/18/to-get-and-store-the-credential-for-the-current-user/feed/ 1 Powershell Version of CMD SET http://blog.isaacblum.com/2010/02/18/powershell-version-of-cmd-set/ http://blog.isaacblum.com/2010/02/18/powershell-version-of-cmd-set/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:58:14 +0000 Isaac Blum http://blog.isaacblum.com/?p=291 Thank you wes

If you are like me and are just so used to typing set to list and set environment variables then you might find this script useful.

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if (test-path alias:set) { remove-item alias:set > $null }
function set
{
	[string]$var = $args
	if ($var -eq "")
	{
		get-childitem env: | sort-object name
	}
	else
	{
		if ($var -match "^(\S*?)\s*=\s*(.*)$")
		{
			set-item -force -path "env:$($matches[1])" -value $matches[2];		
		}
		else
		{
			write-error "ERROR Usage: VAR=VALUE"
		}
	}	
}

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]]> http://blog.isaacblum.com/2010/02/18/powershell-version-of-cmd-set/feed/ 0 PowerShell Multithreading – OMG!! http://blog.isaacblum.com/2010/01/22/powershell-multithreading-omg/ http://blog.isaacblum.com/2010/01/22/powershell-multithreading-omg/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:43:23 +0000 Isaac Blum http://blog.isaacblum.com/?p=268 This is an example of a very simple multi thread script. All it does is output 2 user names per function.
But you can only imagine the power.

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#Create a function, or in this example create/split up a large job into multiple functions.
 
#Step 1 : Create threading.ps1
#Step 2 : Create function and add it to threading.ps1
 
#(Sample Function)
 
function one{
	$users1 = "CORP1\Bollasr1", "CORP2\aardeje1"
		foreach ($u in $users1){
			Write-Output "$u"
		}
}
one | out-File C:\lnl\oneresults.txt
 
 
#Step 3 : Wrap the function inside a function with (Write-Output ' ')  around each line. 
#(Sample Wrapped Function)
 
function createone{
Write-Output 'function one{'
Write-Output '	$users1 = "CORP1\Bollasr1", "CORP2\aardeje1"'
Write-Output '		foreach ($u in $users1){'
Write-Output '			Write-Output "$u"'
Write-Output '		}'
Write-Output '}'
Write-Output 'one | out-File C:\lnl\oneresults.txt'
}
 
 
#Now I will show an example of 5 threads. This file is called threading.ps1
 
##Create Multi Thread Script
function createone{
Write-Output 'function one{'
Write-Output '	$users1 = "CORP1\Bollasr1", "CORP2\aardeje1"'
Write-Output '		foreach ($u in $users1){'
Write-Output '			Write-Output "$u"'
Write-Output '		}'
Write-Output '}'
Write-Output 'one | out-File C:\lnl\oneresults.txt'
}
 
 
function createtwo{
Write-Output 'function two{'
Write-Output '	$users2 = "CORP1\dudlesu1", "CORP2\duerrma1"'
Write-Output '		foreach ($u in $users2){'
Write-Output '			Write-Output "$u"'
Write-Output '		}'
Write-Output '}'
Write-Output 'two | out-File C:\lnl\tworesults.txt'
}
 
 
function createthree{
Write-Output 'function three{'
Write-Output '	$users3 = "CORP1\khattpa2", "CORP1\khattsa1"'
Write-Output '		foreach ($u in $users3){'
Write-Output '			Write-Output "$u"'
Write-Output '		}'
Write-Output '}'
Write-Output 'three | out-File C:\lnl\threeresults.txt'
}
 
 
function createfour{
Write-Output 'function four{'
Write-Output '	$users4 = "CORP1\pellath1", "CORP2\pellian5"'
Write-Output '		foreach ($u in $users4){'
Write-Output '			Write-Output "$u"'
Write-Output '		}'
Write-Output '}'
Write-Output 'four | out-File C:\lnl\fourresults.txt'
}
 
 
function createfive{
Write-Output 'function five{'
Write-Output '	$users5 = "CORP1\trancu1", "CORP2\tranth8"'
Write-Output '		foreach ($u in $users5){'
Write-Output '			Write-Output "$u"'
Write-Output '		}'
Write-Output '}'
Write-Output 'five | out-File C:\lnl\fiveresults.txt'
}
 
 
#Step 4 : Create .ps1 scripts out of the functions.
#Take note that ..\..\ alows for a releative path.
 
createone | out-File ..\..\Threadone.ps1
createtwo | out-File ..\..\Threadtwo.ps1
createthree | out-File ..\..\Threadthree.ps1
createfour | out-File ..\..\Threadfour.ps1
createfive | out-File ..\..\Threadfive.ps1
 
 
#Step 5 : Launch threading script.
 
start-job -filepath ..\..\Threadone.ps1
start-job -filepath ..\..\Threadtwo.ps1
start-job -filepath ..\..\Threadthree.ps1
start-job -filepath ..\..\Threadfour.ps1
start-job -filepath ..\..\Threadfive.ps1
 
#Step 6 : Check Status of Jobs
#The Wait-Job cmdlet waits for Windows PowerShell background jobs to complete before it displays the command prompt.
 
get-job | wait-job
 
#Step 7 : Stop any Job that may be hung.
#The Stop-Job cmdlet stops Windows PowerShell background jobs that are in progress.
 
get-job | stop-job
 
#full Script called threading.ps1
##Create Multi Thread Script
 
function createone{
Write-Output 'function one{'
Write-Output '	$users1 = "CORP1\Bollasr1", "CORP2\aardeje1"'
Write-Output '		foreach ($u in $users1){'
Write-Output '			Write-Output "$u"'
Write-Output '		}'
Write-Output '}'
Write-Output 'one | out-File C:\lnl\oneresults.txt'
}
 
 
function createtwo{
Write-Output 'function two{'
Write-Output '	$users2 = "CORP1\dudlesu1", "CORP2\duerrma1"'
Write-Output '		foreach ($u in $users2){'
Write-Output '			Write-Output "$u"'
Write-Output '		}'
Write-Output '}'
Write-Output 'two | out-File C:\lnl\tworesults.txt'
}
 
 
function createthree{
Write-Output 'function three{'
Write-Output '	$users3 = "CORP1\khattpa2", "CORP1\khattsa1"'
Write-Output '		foreach ($u in $users3){'
Write-Output '			Write-Output "$u"'
Write-Output '		}'
Write-Output '}'
Write-Output 'three | out-File C:\lnl\threeresults.txt'
}
 
 
function createfour{
Write-Output 'function four{'
Write-Output '	$users4 = "CORP1\pellath1", "CORP2\pellian5"'
Write-Output '		foreach ($u in $users4){'
Write-Output '			Write-Output "$u"'
Write-Output '		}'
Write-Output '}'
Write-Output 'four | out-File C:\lnl\fourresults.txt'
}
 
 
function createfive{
Write-Output 'function five{'
Write-Output '	$users5 = "CORP1\trancu1", "CORP2\tranth8"'
Write-Output '		foreach ($u in $users5){'
Write-Output '			Write-Output "$u"'
Write-Output '		}'
Write-Output '}'
Write-Output 'five | out-File C:\lnl\fiveresults.txt'
}
 
createone | out-File ..\..\Threadone.ps1
createtwo | out-File ..\..\Threadtwo.ps1
createthree | out-File ..\..\Threadthree.ps1
createfour | out-File ..\..\Threadfour.ps1
createfive | out-File ..\..\Threadfive.ps1
 
start-job -filepath ..\..\Threadone.ps1
start-job -filepath ..\..\Threadtwo.ps1
start-job -filepath ..\..\Threadthree.ps1
start-job -filepath ..\..\Threadfour.ps1
start-job -filepath ..\..\Threadfive.ps1
 
get-job | wait-job
 
get-job | stop-job

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]]> http://blog.isaacblum.com/2010/01/22/powershell-multithreading-omg/feed/ 0 PowerShell – Bulk Update MOSS Profile http://blog.isaacblum.com/2010/01/21/powershell-bulk-update-moss-profile/ http://blog.isaacblum.com/2010/01/21/powershell-bulk-update-moss-profile/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:33:47 +0000 Isaac Blum http://blog.isaacblum.com/?p=257 The below links were used to create this script. Thanks

http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2009/01/10/capture-console-screen.aspx

http://www.sharepointdevwiki.com/display/public/Updating+User+Profiles+in+SharePoint+SSP+using+PowerShell

http://blogs.flexnetconsult.co.uk/colinbyrne/PermaLink,guid,a332015d-c5dc-4433-a0f3-247fd37b0b04.aspx

Download the file here

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[void][reflection.assembly]::Loadwithpartialname("Microsoft.SharePoint") | out-null
[void][reflection.assembly]::Loadwithpartialname("Microsoft.Office.Server.Search") | out-null
[void][reflection.assembly]::Loadwithpartialname("Microsoft.Office.Server") | out-null
 
#################################################################################################################
# Get-ConsoleAsText.ps1
# Thanks to http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2009/01/10/capture-console-screen.aspx for Get-ConsoleAsText.ps1
# The script captures console screen buffer up to the current cursor position and returns it in plain text format.
#
# Returns: ASCII-encoded string.
#
# Example:
#
# $textFileName = "$env:temp\ConsoleBuffer.txt"
# .\Get-ConsoleAsText | out-file $textFileName -encoding ascii
# $null = [System.Diagnostics.Process]::Start("$textFileName")
#################################################################################################################
function Get-ConsoleAsText{
# Check the host name and exit if the host is not the Windows PowerShell console host.
if ($host.Name -ne 'ConsoleHost')
{
  write-host -ForegroundColor Red "This script runs only in the console host. You cannot run this script in $($host.Name)."
  exit -1
}
 
# Initialize string builder.
$textBuilder = new-object system.text.stringbuilder
 
# Grab the console screen buffer contents using the Host console API.
$bufferWidth = $host.ui.rawui.BufferSize.Width
$bufferHeight = $host.ui.rawui.CursorPosition.Y
$rec = new-object System.Management.Automation.Host.Rectangle 0,0,($bufferWidth - 1),$bufferHeight
$buffer = $host.ui.rawui.GetBufferContents($rec)
 
# Iterate through the lines in the console buffer.
for($i = 0; $i -lt $bufferHeight; $i++)
{
  for($j = 0; $j -lt $bufferWidth; $j++)
  {
    $cell = $buffer[$i,$j]
    $null = $textBuilder.Append($cell.Character)
  }
  $null = $textBuilder.Append("`r`n")
}
return $textBuilder.ToString()
}
 
################################################################
 
# Pause Script
function Pause ($Message="Script Complete. Press any key to continue...")
{
Write-Host -NoNewLine $Message
$null = $Host.UI.RawUI.ReadKey("NoEcho,IncludeKeyDown")
Write-Host ""
}
 
################################################################
 
function Get-UserProfileConfigManager([string]$siteUrl)
{
# Need to get a PortalContext object
# as we do not have a HttpContext we need to source one the hard way
$site=new-object Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSite($siteUrl)
$servercontext=[Microsoft.Office.Server.ServerContext]::GetContext($site)
$site.Dispose() # clean up
 
################################################################
 
# Return the UserProfileConfigManager
new-object Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.UserProfileConfigmanager($servercontext)
}
function Get-SPProfileManager([string]$siteUrl)
{
# Need to get a PortalContext object
# as we do not have a HttpContext we need to source one the hard way
$site=new-object Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSite($siteUrl)
$servercontext=[Microsoft.Office.Server.ServerContext]::GetContext($site)
$site.Dispose() # clean up
 
################################################################
 
# Return the UserProfileManager
new-object Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.UserProfileManager($servercontext)
}
function Get-SPUserProfile([string]$siteUrl, [string] $u)
{
$upm= Get-SPProfileManager([string]$siteUrl)
if ($upm.UserExists($u) -eq $false)
{
    $upm.CreateUserProfile($u)
 
$upm.GetUserProfile($u)
}
 
################################################################
 
# Create function
function Update-UserProfileProperty()
{
	PARAM
	(
		[string] $siteUrl = $( throw "You must provide a Site Collection Url e.g. 'http://moss/'"),
		[string] $userName = $( throw "You must provide a User Name e.g. 'DOMAIN\USERNAME'"),
		[string] $propName = $( throw "You must provide a User Profile Property Name e.g. 'WorkPhone'"),
		[string] $propValue = $( throw "You must provide a User Profile Property Value e.g. '0400 767 022'")
	)
	END
	{
		if ($propValue -eq "NULL" -or $propValue -eq "" -or $propValue -eq "None")
		{
			Write-Host "Property '$propName' is not set ('$propValue')"
		}
		else
		{
			$cm = get-userprofileconfigmanager $siteUrl
			$spm = Get-SPProfileManager $siteUrl
			if ($spm.UserExists($userName))
			{
				$userProfile = $spm.GetUserProfile($userName);
				$tempProp = $spm.Properties.GetPropertyByName($propName);
				if ($tempProp -eq $null)
				{
					throw "User Profile Property '$propName' does not exist!";
				}
				else
				{
					$userProfile[$propName].Value = $propValue;
					$userProfile.Commit();
				}
				write-host -foregroundcolor green "'$propName' User Profile Property updated to '$propValue' for '$userName'"
				Write-Output "'$propName' User Profile Property updated to '$propValue' for '$userName'"
			}
			else
			{
				Write-Host -ForegroundColor red  "User '$userName' does not exist in User Profiles!"
				Write-output "User '$userName' does not exist in User Profiles!";
			}
		}
	}
}
 
################################################################
 
function MySiteProUpdate{
$username = "IB\Admin", "IB\Guest", "IB\PowerShell"
 
# Set MySite URL
$siteUrl = "http://mysites:3000"
 
# Notifies
Write-Host "Working... Please Wait"
Write-Output " "
 
foreach($u in $username){
# Executes command for all users in this script
Write-Output "Executing this command :  Update-UserProfileProperty $siteUrl $u ActiveEmployee true"
Update-UserProfileProperty $siteUrl "$u" "ActiveEmployee" "true"
}
# Dump Console
$textFileName = "C:\IBLogs\ConsoleDump.txt"
Get-ConsoleAsText | out-file $textFileName -encoding ascii
#$null = [System.Diagnostics.Process]::Start("$textFileName")
pause
}
################################################################
 
MySiteProUpdate | out-File C:\IBLogs\Progress.txt

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]]> http://blog.isaacblum.com/2010/01/21/powershell-bulk-update-moss-profile/feed/ 0 PowerShell Pause http://blog.isaacblum.com/2009/12/31/powershell-pause/ http://blog.isaacblum.com/2009/12/31/powershell-pause/#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:36:20 +0000 Isaac Blum http://blog.isaacblum.com/2009/12/31/powershell-pause/ Add the below code to any PowerShell script to call a pause.

This code is made possible by http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2007/02/25/pause.aspx

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function Pause ($Message="Press any key to continue...")
{
Write-Host -NoNewLine $Message
$null = $Host.UI.RawUI.ReadKey("NoEcho,IncludeKeyDown")
Write-Host ""
}

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]]> http://blog.isaacblum.com/2009/12/31/powershell-pause/feed/ 0 Join Domain Power Shell Script http://blog.isaacblum.com/2009/09/29/join-domain-power-shell-script/ http://blog.isaacblum.com/2009/09/29/join-domain-power-shell-script/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:19:49 +0000 Isaac Blum http://blog.isaacblum.com/?p=117 While trying to create this script I came across a ton of help, Thanks online community’s!!

Download file here

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# Execute a SQL File Begin
function Execute-SqlFile($file, [string]$Server, [string]$dbName, [hashtable]$variables, [switch]$WindowsAuthentication=$true, [string]$Username, [string]$Password) {
$batch = (join-Path (cat env:TEMP) "exec_sql.bat")
write-Host Connecting to $Server</code>
 
$output = (join-Path $env:TEMP "output_sql.txt")
if (test-Path $batch) {
Remove-Item $batch -force
}
$data = ""
if (test-Path $batch) { Remove-Item $batch }
$data += "sqlcmd -S $Server"
 
if ($WindowsAuthentication) {
$data += ' -E'
} else {
$data += " -U $Username -P $Password"
}
if ($dbname) {
$data += " -d $dbName"
}
 
if ($variables -and $variables.Count -gt 0) {
$data += ' -v '
$isFirst = $true
foreach($key in $variables.keys) {
 
if (! $isFirst) { $data += ' ' } else { $isFirst=$false }
 
$val = $variables[$key]
$data += "$key="
$data += "`"$val`""
 
}
}
$data += " -i `"$file`""
 
$data += " -o `"$output`""
 
$data | Add-Content $batch -force
 
cmd /c (Resolve-Path $batch)
 
gc $output
 
}
 
 
# Allows for a Pause Begin
function Pause ($Message="Press any key to continue...")
{
Write-Host -NoNewLine $Message
$null = $Host.UI.RawUI.ReadKey("NoEcho,IncludeKeyDown")
Write-Host ""
}
 
 
# Sets Variables By Asking The Users a Question Begin
$Yourfirstname = Read-Host "What is Your First Name? 5 characters Max "
$yourrandomnumber = Read-Host "Random Number? Two Digits Max"
 
 
# Hard Coded Variables Begin
$aspen = "aspen-"
$dash = "-"
$computer = "."
 
 
# Rename Computer EX: aspen-john-1  Begin
$computerobject = (gwmi -Class Win32_ComputerSystem -Namespace "root\cimv2" -ComputerName $computer)
$computerobject.rename("$aspen$Yourfirstname$dash$yourrandomnumber")
 
 
# Get the Conputers Name Begin
$comp = get-wmiobject Win32_ComputerSystem
 
 
# Joings Computer to the Doamin Begin
# ("%DomainName%","%Username'sPassword%","%DomainName\Username%",$null,3)
$comp.JoinDomainOrWorkGroup("%%%%%","%%%%%","%%%%",$null,3)
 
 
# Calls another PowerShell Script To Set Permission Begin
# ./SetFolderPermission.ps1 -Access %Username% -Permission %PermisionLevel%
./SetFolderPermission.ps1 -Access %DomainName%\%Username% -Permission FullControl
 
 
# Hard Coded Variables Begin
$domain = "%DomainName%"
$strComputer = gc env:computername
 
 
# Sets Variables By Asking The Users a Question Begin
$username = Read-Host "What is Your Aspenware domain username without the %DomainName%\"
 
 
# Adds User to Aministrators Group Begin
$computer = [ADSI]("WinNT://" + $strComputer + ",computer")
$computer.name
$Group = $computer.psbase.children.find("administrators")
$Group.name
$Group.Add("WinNT://" + $domain + "/" + $username)
 
 
# Adds User to IIS_WPG Group Begin
$domain = "%DomainName%"
$strComputer = gc env:computername
$username = "svcnj"
$computer = [ADSI]("WinNT://" + $strComputer + ",computer")
$computer.name
$Group = $computer.psbase.children.find("IIS_WPG")
$Group.name
$Group.Add("WinNT://" + $domain + "/" + $username)
 
 
# Executes a SQL Script to add User Account to the SQL Server with SYSAdmin  Begin
Execute-Sqlfile "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\svcnjsql.sql" $computer.name
 
 
# Pause Then Reboots the Server Begin
pause
$reboot = (gwmi -Class Win32_OperatingSystem)
$reboot.psbase.scope.options.enableprivileges = $true
$reboot.reboot()

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]]> http://blog.isaacblum.com/2009/09/29/join-domain-power-shell-script/feed/ 4 PowerShell Missing on Server 2008???!!! http://blog.isaacblum.com/2009/09/29/powershell-missing-on-server-2008/ http://blog.isaacblum.com/2009/09/29/powershell-missing-on-server-2008/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:47:12 +0000 Isaac Blum http://blog.isaacblum.com/?p=115 Steps Below.

1. Click Start and select Server Manager.

2. When the Server Manager window appears, go to the left pane and select Features.

3. On the right, click the Add Features link.

4. Scroll down the list and check the Windows PowerShell checkbox.

5. Click Next.

6. Click Install.

7. When the installation is complete, Windows should display that the installation succeeded.

8. Click Close.

9. Close the Server Manager.

10. To open PowerShell, go to the Start Menu, click All Programs and expand the Windows PowerShell 1.0 folder to get to the shortcut to Windows PowerShell.

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