Comments on: Powershell: Working with Passwords http://blog.netnerds.net/2007/07/powershell-exception-has-been-thrown-by-the-target-of-an-invocation/ ls /usr/lolcat Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:08:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Robert http://blog.netnerds.net/2007/07/powershell-exception-has-been-thrown-by-the-target-of-an-invocation/#comment-10332 Robert Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:06:49 +0000 http://blog.netnerds.net/2007/07/powershell-exception-has-been-thrown-by-the-target-of-an-invocation/#comment-10332 Using this '$newUser.psbase.Invoke("SetPassword","$password")' I get an error Method invocation failed because [System.Management.Automation.PSMemberset doesn't contain a method names 'Invoke' Any ideas? Using this '$newUser.psbase.Invoke("SetPassword","$password")'

I get an error
Method invocation failed because [System.Management.Automation.PSMemberset doesn't contain a method names 'Invoke'

Any ideas?

]]> By: bene http://blog.netnerds.net/2007/07/powershell-exception-has-been-thrown-by-the-target-of-an-invocation/#comment-9980 bene Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:01:58 +0000 http://blog.netnerds.net/2007/07/powershell-exception-has-been-thrown-by-the-target-of-an-invocation/#comment-9980 Hi, make the $password with " around and it works create. $newUser.psbase.Invoke("SetPassword","$password") You could also make $password.tostring(): $newUser.psbase.Invoke("SetPassword",$password.ToString()) Hi,

make the $password with " around and it works create.
$newUser.psbase.Invoke("SetPassword","$password")

You could also make $password.tostring():
$newUser.psbase.Invoke("SetPassword",$password.ToString())

]]> By: povlhp http://blog.netnerds.net/2007/07/powershell-exception-has-been-thrown-by-the-target-of-an-invocation/#comment-1099 povlhp Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:49:30 +0000 http://blog.netnerds.net/2007/07/powershell-exception-has-been-thrown-by-the-target-of-an-invocation/#comment-1099 I have no luck converting a string into a securestring: 0 PS C:\scripts> $x = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PsCredential "None", "abekat" New-Object : Cannot convert argument "1", with value: "abekat", for ".ctor" to type "System.Security.SecureString": "Cannot convert value "abekat" to type "System.Security.SecureString". Error: "Invalid cast from 'System.String' to 'System.Security.SecureString'."" At line:1 char:16 + $x = New-Object <<<< System.Management.Automation.PsCredential "None", "abekat" I have no luck converting a string into a securestring:

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PS C:\scripts> $x = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PsCredential "None", "abekat"
New-Object : Cannot convert argument "1", with value: "abekat", for ".ctor" to type "System.Security.SecureString": "Cannot convert value "abekat" to type "System.Security.SecureString". Error: "Invalid cast from 'System.String' to 'System.Security.SecureString'.""
At line:1 char:16
+ $x = New-Object <<<< System.Management.Automation.PsCredential "None", "abekat"

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