PowerShell - Get-Credential decode password?

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LaPhi picture LaPhi · Sep 15, 2011 · Viewed 37.5k times · Source

I want to use the Get-Credential cmdlet in my code.

How is is possible to decode the password easily back from the System.Security.SecureString format?

(I must use the password in clear text format at one part in my code)

$credential = Get-Credential
$credential.Password | ConvertFrom-SecureString
$credential
#How to show password in text format?

My workaround, but I think there is also a normal way

$credCachePS = New-Object System.Net.CredentialCache 
$credCachePS.Add("uridummy", "NTLM", $credential) 
$credCachePS | select Password

Answer

manojlds picture manojlds · Sep 15, 2011

This is what I use ( though this makes it insecure, but I think you understand that):

$credential.GetNetworkCredential().password

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