sethvs/sthldaptools

PowerShell LDAP Tools

sthLDAPTools

sthLDAPTools - it is a module, containing two functions for converting SIDs in string format to byte array and vice versa.

It contains following functions:

ConvertFrom-sthSID — Function for converting string SID into byte array form.

ConvertTo-sthSID — Function for converting byte array into string SID.

You can install sthLDAPTools module from PowerShell Gallery:

Install-Module sthLDAPTools

How to use it?

ConvertFrom-sthSID

Convert string SID into a byte array:

ConvertFrom-sthSID -SID 'S-1-5-21-1234567890-1234567890-1234567890-1234'

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Convert string SID into byte array using pipeline:

'S-1-5-21-1234567890-1234567890-1234567890-1234' | ConvertFrom-sthSID

ConvertTo-sthSID

Get the user_name user object and convert its objectSID property into a string form:

$User = [ADSI]"LDAP://CN=user_name,CN=Users,DC=domain_name,DC=com"
ConvertTo-sthSID -ByteArray $User.objectSID

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Get the user_name user object and convert its objectSID property into a string form using pipeline:

$User = [ADSI]"LDAP://CN=user_name,CN=Users,DC=domain_name,DC=com"
$User.objectSID | ConvertTo-sthSID