Get-wmiobject prompting for password issues

Question

_{Wednesday, January 26, 2011 8:06 PM}

hi, i am using get-wmiobject to connect to remote computer rand get some drive info using the following commmand 

Get-WmiObject -ComputerName $computer -credential XYZ Win32_LogicalDisk | Where-Object {$_.DriveType -eq 3}

running the above command prompts me for password, how can i stop the prompt and hardcode it in script...

Thanks

Saurabh

All replies (1)

_{Thursday, January 27, 2011 6:03 AM ✅Answered}

Hi,

Use the following scripts to store the password in a credential.

#Store the password in credential#

Read-host -assecurestring | convertfrom-securestring | out-file C:\cred.txt

$password = get-content C:\cred.txt | convertto-securestring

$credential = new-object -typename System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -argumentlist "myusername",$password

#Run the scripts to get drive info.

Get-WmiObject -ComputerName $computer -credential $credential Win32_LogicalDisk | Where-Object {$_.DriveType -eq 3}

Reference:

Powershell Tip - Storing and Using Password Credentials

Best Regards

Dale

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