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Execute in PowerShell

2007-12-02 11:27:00 by Keith Brown in Security Briefs
 
...PowerShell, an easy way to get the value of an environment variable is to use the $env namespace like so env:windir but when I put this all together and tried to run it, PowerShell didn't parse it the way I expected: $env:windirMicrosoft.NETFrameworkv2.0.50727aspnet regiis.exe -r Unexpected token 'Microsoft.NETFrameworkv2.0.50727aspnet...
 
Tags: powershell, 50727aspnet regiis, env, powershell assumes, env namespace, exe, netframeworkv2, windirmicrosoft, call operator
 
 
 
 
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Setting file ACLs with PowerShell part 4

2007-11-29 09:34:00 by Keith Brown in Security Briefs
 
...PowerShell to get a quick and dirty listing of an enumeration's values. But to understand how it works, you'll have to bear with me and learn about type-constrained variables in PowerShell, which is a really cool feature unto itself, and one that I use all the time While PowerShell doesn't support strong typing in the classic sense of a...
 
Tags: values, invalid enumeration values, enumeration, enumeration values, new-object security, object, powershell, invalid cast exception, cast
 
 
 
 
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Setting file ACLs with PowerShell part 5

2008-01-09 04:53:00 by Keith Brown in Security Briefs
 
...PowerShell. Here's the code I've been walking through in this series dacl = (dir foo.txt).GetAccessControl newRule = New-Object Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule "keith", Modify, Allow modified = $false dacl.ModifyAccessRule("Add", $newRule, [ref]$modified dir foo.txt).SetAccessControl($dacl All I've got left to explain is the last...
 
Tags: object, new-object security, dir foo, txt, series, code, acl, dacl, newrule
 
 
 
 
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A look at Windows PowerShell's security features

2008-03-14 00:24:13 by David Aiken in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
This screencast explains how new security features in PowerShell can help keep admins from accidentally executing scripts obtained from outside sources
 
Tags: security features, screencast explains, powershell, sources, admins, scripts
 
 
 
 
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Writing simple scripts and functions in Windows PowerShell

2008-03-24 09:16:55 by David Aiken in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
In the last of our four-part series on working with Windows PowerShell, this screencast explains how to write simple commands and utilize functionality with Microsoft's scripting language
 
Tags: windows powershell, simple commands, screencast explains, four-part series, language, functionality, microsoft
 
 
 
 
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Introducing Active Directory to Windows PowerShell

2008-04-21 09:52:11 by Christa Anderson in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
In this month's Scripting School column, Christa Anderson breaks down the process of using PowerShell to create or manipulate data in Active Directory
 
Tags: active directory, christa anderson breaks, powershell, school column, month, data, process
 
 
 
 
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Planning for Failure

2007-12-02 11:27:00 by Keith Brown in Security Briefs
 
...PowerShell to build some of this out for Pluralsight, and hey, like most of us, I'm still learning it
 
Tags: security feature, disaster recovery plan, security, web applications, web server, sysadmin plugs, machine, scenario, hey
 
 
 
 
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Windows Admin Goodies From Microsoft

2008-06-02 18:03:05 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
Microsoft has released a couple of handy items for Windows administrators. Neither are really big deals, but conveniences. We all use Microsoft's Sysinternals tools, written by Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell, but it's been a minor pain keeping up with all the updates they put out and installing them. Now, if you don't want to, you don't...
 
Tags: sysinternals set, windows runas functionality, runas, sysinternals, microsoft, current version, files, current files, sysinternals tools
 
 
 
 
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Windows Admin Goodies from Microsoft

2008-06-02 18:03:05 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
Microsoft has released a couple of handy items for Windows administrators. Neither are really big deals, but conveniences. We all use Microsoft's Sysinternals tools, written by Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell, but it's been a minor pain keeping up with and installing all the updates they put out. Now, if you don't want to, you don't have to...
 
Tags: sysinternals set, windows runas functionality, runas, sysinternals, microsoft, current version, files, current files, sysinternals tools