PowerTip of the Day, from PowerShell.com:
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
Note: Tip copied from PowerShell.com
