Converting User Names to SIDs using PowerShell

 

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Converting User Names to SIDs

If you want to translate a valid user name to its security identifier (SID), here is a function to do that for you:

 

Converting User Names to SIDs

If you want to translate a valid user name to its security identifier (SID), here is a function to do that for you:

function Name2SID($name, $domain=$env:userdomain) {

$objUser = New-Object System.Security.Principal.NTAccount($domain,$name)

$strSID =$objUser.Translate([System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier])

$strSID.Value

}

Try it with your current user name:

 

Name2SID $env:username

 

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