I made some modifications to the code below, including a Write-Verbose
statement that progressively reports progress of creating the resulting
password.
Function Get-TempPassword {
Param(
[int] $Length=10,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
[string[]] $SourceData
)
For ($i=1; $i –le $length; $i++) {
$NewChar = $sourcedata | Get-Random;
Write-Verbose -Message ('Adding {0} to {1}' -f $NewChar, $TempPassword);
$TempPassword += $NewChar;
}
Write-Output -InputObject $TempPassword;
}
$ascii=$NULL;For ($a=33;$a –le 126;$a++) {$ascii+=,[char][byte]$a };
$Password = Get-TempPassword -Length 19 -SourceData $ascii -Verbose;
Write-Host -Object $Password;
Results:
Cheers,
Trevor Sullivan
Microsoft PowerShell MVP
From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On
Behalf Of Murray, Mike
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 12:14 PM
To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: RE: [mssms] Powershell help
I don’t think the data type is the issue. The function works, the $TempPassword
value is just blank outside of the function. I need to have access to that
value.
From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com <mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com>
[mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Daniel Ratliff
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 9:14 AM
To: 'mssms@lists.myitforum.com'; 'mssms@lists.myitforum.com'
Subject: RE: [mssms] Powershell help
$ascii is null but the sourcedata parameter requires a string. Not sure if it
will accept a null value. Take off the string data type from the parameter and
see if it helps.
-Daniel Ratliff
-----Original Message-----
From: Murray, Mike [mmur...@csuchico.edu <mailto:mmur...@csuchico.edu> ]
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 11:57 AM Eastern Standard Time
To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com <mailto:mssms@lists.myitforum.com>
Subject: [mssms] Powershell help
Hey folks,
I’m trying to set a local admin password with a random value in OSD. I found
this function online that is great, but I can’t seem to return the value
outside the function. I’ve tried a bunch of ways with no luck. Can someone
help? The colde below doesn’t have the setting of the password, I just want to
see that the password variable is returning and I can use it in the change
command.
Function GET-Temppassword() {
Param(
[int]$length=10,
[string[]]$sourcedata
)
For ($loop=1; $loop –le $length; $loop++) {
$TempPassword+=($sourcedata | GET-RANDOM)
}
return $TempPassword <-- this value does display
}
$ascii=$NULL;For ($a=33;$a –le 126;$a++) {$ascii+=,[char][byte]$a }
$PW = GET-Temppassword –length 19 –sourcedata $ascii
write-host $PW <-- this is empty
Best Regards,
Mike Murray
Desktop Management Coordinator - IT Support Services
California State University, Chico
530.898.4357
<mailto:mmur...@csuchico.edu> mmur...@csuchico.edu
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