ConvertFrom-SID

SYNOPSIS

Converts a security identifier (SID) to a group/user name.

Author: Will Schroeder (@harmj0y)
License: BSD 3-Clause
Required Dependencies: Convert-ADName

SYNTAX

ConvertFrom-SID [-ObjectSid] <String[]> [[-Domain] <String>] [[-Server] <String>]
 [[-Credential] <PSCredential>]

DESCRIPTION

Converts a security identifier string (SID) to a group/user name using Convert-ADName.

EXAMPLES

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

ConvertFrom-SID S-1-5-21-890171859-3433809279-3366196753-1108

TESTLAB\harmj0y

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

"S-1-5-21-890171859-3433809279-3366196753-1107", "S-1-5-21-890171859-3433809279-3366196753-1108", "S-1-5-32-562" | ConvertFrom-SID

TESTLAB\WINDOWS2$ TESTLAB\harmj0y BUILTIN\Distributed COM Users

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 3 --------------------------

$SecPassword = ConvertTo-SecureString 'Password123!' -AsPlainText -Force

$Cred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential('TESTLAB\dfm', $SecPassword) ConvertFrom-SID S-1-5-21-890171859-3433809279-3366196753-1108 -Credential $Cred

TESTLAB\harmj0y

PARAMETERS

-ObjectSid

Specifies one or more SIDs to convert.

Type: String[]
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: SID

Required: True
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Domain

Specifies the domain to use for the translation, defaults to the current domain.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: 

Required: False
Position: 2
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Server

Specifies an Active Directory server (domain controller) to bind to for the translation.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: DomainController

Required: False
Position: 3
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Credential

Specifies an alternate credential to use for the translation.

Type: PSCredential
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: 

Required: False
Position: 4
Default value: [Management.Automation.PSCredential]::Empty
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

String

Accepts one or more SID strings on the pipeline.

OUTPUTS

The converted DOMAIN\username.