Need help in validating the password

[ganapa2000]

Hi,

I need help in validating the VMs password. using the below script I am unable to validate as it is showing true for everything.

Please help

$computers = Get-Content -path ".\computers.txt"

$report = foreach ($Computer in $Computers) {

$Computer = $Computer.toupper()

$Isonline = "OFFLINE"

$StatsError ="Failed"

if((Test-Connection -ComputerName $Computer -count 1 -ErrorAction 0)) {

$Isonline = "ONLINE"

} else { $StatsError= "`t$Computer is OFFLINE" }

try {

Add-Type -assemblyname system.DirectoryServices.accountmanagement

$DS = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.PrincipalContext([System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.ContextType]::Machine)

$StatsError = $DS.ValidateCredentials("administrator", "password@123")

}

catch {

$StatsError="$_"

}

$obj = New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property @{

ComputerName = $Computer

IsOnline = $Isonline

PasswordValidation=$StatsError

}

$obj | Select ComputerName, IsOnline, PasswordValidation

$obj | Select ComputerName, IsOnline, PasswordValidation | Export-Csv -Append -Path "output.csv" -NoTypeInformation -UseCulture

}

$report | ft -auto

[LucD]

Sorry, but how has this anything to do with PowerCLI?

[ganapa2000]

LucD,

I know, it is not related to PowerCLI but I need your help in validating the passwords for all VMs which the passwords were changed.

Or Is there a way to validate the credentails using Invoke-VMScript ?

[LucD · Accepted solution]

You could do something like this Re: invoke-vmscript to check guest passwords

[ganapa2000]

Thank you very much LucD. That worked perfectly