ConvertFrom-SID.ps1
function ConvertFrom-SID { <# .SYNOPSIS Convert SID to user or computer account name .DESCRIPTION Convert SID to user or computer account name .PARAMETER SID One or more SIDs to convert .EXAMPLE ConvertFrom-SID S-1-5-21-2139171146-395215898-1246945465-2359 .EXAMPLE 'S-1-5-32-580' | ConverFrom-SID .FUNCTIONALITY Active Directory .NOTES SID conversion for well known SIDs from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/243330 #> [CmdletBinding()] param( [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$true)] [string[]]$sid ) Begin{ #well known SID to name map $wellKnownSIDs = @{ 'S-1-0' = 'Null Authority' 'S-1-0-0' = 'Nobody' 'S-1-1' = 'World Authority' 'S-1-1-0' = 'Everyone' 'S-1-2' = 'Local Authority' 'S-1-2-0' = 'Local' 'S-1-2-1' = 'Console Logon' 'S-1-3' = 'Creator Authority' 'S-1-3-0' = 'Creator Owner' 'S-1-3-1' = 'Creator Group' 'S-1-3-2' = 'Creator Owner Server' 'S-1-3-3' = 'Creator Group Server' 'S-1-3-4' = 'Owner Rights' 'S-1-5-80-0' = 'All Services' 'S-1-4' = 'Non-unique Authority' 'S-1-5' = 'NT Authority' 'S-1-5-1' = 'Dialup' 'S-1-5-2' = 'Network' 'S-1-5-3' = 'Batch' 'S-1-5-4' = 'Interactive' 'S-1-5-6' = 'Service' 'S-1-5-7' = 'Anonymous' 'S-1-5-8' = 'Proxy' 'S-1-5-9' = 'Enterprise Domain Controllers' 'S-1-5-10' = 'Principal Self' 'S-1-5-11' = 'Authenticated Users' 'S-1-5-12' = 'Restricted Code' 'S-1-5-13' = 'Terminal Server Users' 'S-1-5-14' = 'Remote Interactive Logon' 'S-1-5-15' = 'This Organization' 'S-1-5-17' = 'This Organization' 'S-1-5-18' = 'Local System' 'S-1-5-19' = 'NT Authority' 'S-1-5-20' = 'NT Authority' 'S-1-5-32-544' = 'Administrators' 'S-1-5-32-545' = 'Users' 'S-1-5-32-546' = 'Guests' 'S-1-5-32-547' = 'Power Users' 'S-1-5-32-548' = 'Account Operators' 'S-1-5-32-549' = 'Server Operators' 'S-1-5-32-550' = 'Print Operators' 'S-1-5-32-551' = 'Backup Operators' 'S-1-5-32-552' = 'Replicators' 'S-1-5-64-10' = 'NTLM Authentication' 'S-1-5-64-14' = 'SChannel Authentication' 'S-1-5-64-21' = 'Digest Authority' 'S-1-5-80' = 'NT Service' 'S-1-5-83-0' = 'NT VIRTUAL MACHINE\Virtual Machines' 'S-1-16-0' = 'Untrusted Mandatory Level' 'S-1-16-4096' = 'Low Mandatory Level' 'S-1-16-8192' = 'Medium Mandatory Level' 'S-1-16-8448' = 'Medium Plus Mandatory Level' 'S-1-16-12288' = 'High Mandatory Level' 'S-1-16-16384' = 'System Mandatory Level' 'S-1-16-20480' = 'Protected Process Mandatory Level' 'S-1-16-28672' = 'Secure Process Mandatory Level' 'S-1-5-32-554' = 'BUILTIN\Pre-Windows 2000 Compatible Access' 'S-1-5-32-555' = 'BUILTIN\Remote Desktop Users' 'S-1-5-32-556' = 'BUILTIN\Network Configuration Operators' 'S-1-5-32-557' = 'BUILTIN\Incoming Forest Trust Builders' 'S-1-5-32-558' = 'BUILTIN\Performance Monitor Users' 'S-1-5-32-559' = 'BUILTIN\Performance Log Users' 'S-1-5-32-560' = 'BUILTIN\Windows Authorization Access Group' 'S-1-5-32-561' = 'BUILTIN\Terminal Server License Servers' 'S-1-5-32-562' = 'BUILTIN\Distributed COM Users' 'S-1-5-32-569' = 'BUILTIN\Cryptographic Operators' 'S-1-5-32-573' = 'BUILTIN\Event Log Readers' 'S-1-5-32-574' = 'BUILTIN\Certificate Service DCOM Access' 'S-1-5-32-575' = 'BUILTIN\RDS Remote Access Servers' 'S-1-5-32-576' = 'BUILTIN\RDS Endpoint Servers' 'S-1-5-32-577' = 'BUILTIN\RDS Management Servers' 'S-1-5-32-578' = 'BUILTIN\Hyper-V Administrators' 'S-1-5-32-579' = 'BUILTIN\Access Control Assistance Operators' 'S-1-5-32-580' = 'BUILTIN\Remote Management Users' } } Process { #loop through provided SIDs foreach($id in $sid){ #Map name to well known sid. If this fails, use .net to get the account if($name = $wellKnownSIDs[$id]){ } else{ #Try to translate the SID to an account Try{ $objSID = New-Object System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier($id) $name = ( $objSID.Translate([System.Security.Principal.NTAccount]) ).Value } Catch{ $name = "Not a valid SID or could not be identified" Write-Verbose "$id is not a valid SID or could not be identified" } } #Display the results New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property @{ SID = $id Name = $name } | Select SID, Name } } } |