Functions/New-Credential.ps1
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function New-Credential { <# .SYNOPSIS Returns a [PSCredential] given a passed UserName, and either a string 'Password' or a securestring 'SecureString' .DESCRIPTION Returns a [PSCredential] given a passed UserName, and either a string 'Password' or a securestring 'SecureString'. Behavior is controlled by ParameterSetName .PARAMETER UserName A mandatory parameter of type [string] that represents a username that you are creating. Can be of the form 'username', or 'domain\username', or 'username@company.com'. In both parameter set names 'SecureString' and 'Password' .PARAMETER SecureString A mandatory parameter of type [securestring] that represents a securestring password. In parameter set name 'SecureString' .PARAMETER Password A mandatory parameter of type [tring] that represents a plaintext password. In parameter set name 'Password' .EXAMPLE $Credential = New-Credential -UserName 'donaldduck' -Password 'Quack' .EXAMPLE $SecureString = Read-Host -Prompt 'Enter password' -AsSecureString $Cred2 = New-Credential -UserName 'mickeymouse' -SecureString $SecureString .INPUTS 'string', 'securestring' or 'string', 'string' .OUTPUTS 'PSCredential' .NOTES Medium to High impact as this function will return the password, albeit hidden from default view #> [CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName = 'SecureString', ConfirmImpact = 'Medium')] [OutputType('PSCredential')] Param ( [Parameter(Mandatory, Position = 0, ParameterSetName = 'SecureString')] [Parameter(Mandatory, Position = 0, ParameterSetName = 'Password')] [string] $UserName, [Parameter(Mandatory, Position = 1, ParameterSetName = 'SecureString')] [securestring] $SecureString, [Parameter(Mandatory,HelpMessage='Please enter the Password', Position = 1, ParameterSetName = 'Password')] [string] $Password ) #endregion parameter begin { Write-Verbose -Message "Starting [$($MyInvocation.Mycommand)]" Write-Verbose -Message "ParameterSetName [$($PsCmdlet.ParameterSetName)]" } process { switch ($PsCmdlet.ParameterSetName) { 'SecureString' { } 'Password' { Write-Verbose -Message 'Creating $SecureString' $securestring = ConvertTo-SecureString -String $Password -AsPlainText -Force } } New-Object -TypeName 'PSCredential' -ArgumentList $UserName, $SecureString } end { Write-Verbose -Message "Ending $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" } } |