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Convert-SIDtoACName

Mon Jan 13, 2020 5:12 am

NAME Convert-SIDtoACName



SYNOPSIS

Convert SID to account name





SYNTAX

Convert-SIDtoACName [-SID] <String[]> [<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

This command enables you to know the account name of the given SID.





PARAMETERS

-SID <String[]>

Specifies the SID of the Active Directory object



Required? true

Position? 1

Default value

Accept pipeline input? false

Accept wildcard characters? false



<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,

ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,

OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see

about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).



INPUTS

ActiveDirectory object's SID





OUTPUTS

Account name of the SID





-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------



PS C:\\>Convert-SIDtoACName -SID S-1-5-21-725345543-2052111302-527237000-773150



SID AccountName

--- -----------

S-1-5-21-725345543-2052111302-527237000-773150 CloudComputee\\Admin$



This is the example for a successful finding









-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------



PS C:\\>Convert-SIDtoACName -SID S-1-5-21-725345543-2052111302-527237000-770050



SID AccountName

--- -----------

S-1-5-21-725345543-2052111302-527237000-770050 SID NOT FOUND



This is the example when the command not able to find any SID in the entire directory











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