Reply To: NTFS ACLs
Ah i see! thats quite helpful that you get a similar error with AD groups – i did think it was something to do with that, so i put a couple of 'sleeps' between functions so to give it a chance to...
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Reply To: NTFS ACLs
Hey Raymond your right mate. It is to do with the AD group, i replaced it with just the group name rather than the variables and it works perfect so something going wrong there – but thats kool i know...
View ArticlePowershellGet – Find-Module
On Windows 8.1, Find-Module doesn't pull modules from the Powershell Module gallery. I was manually able to download and install NuGet in the correct folder, but now I am stuck again. Does find-module...
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What was driving me nuts is the name property is one of the ten properties that get-adcomputer retrieves by default. Dave, thanks for the tip that the AD cmdlets don't behave normally. When I tried...
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As the error indicates, you're not allowed to use a URL that has a ?query in it. This might be something better logged as a bug on Connect.
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So, perhaps you're actually having a "problem" rather than an "issue," but you don't indicate what that problem is. Assuming you have a CSV file with a computername column…...
View ArticleCreating a folder remotely using variables
First off I'm a real noobe to PS less than 2 weeks of playing with it and I'm having some success but I'm stuck on the following .. trying to figure out why it not working #Imports Web Administration...
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From the looks of it I assume you're just wanting to create a single folder on a remote server. At first glance, you're using remoting when you don't have to. I'd eliminate some complexity from this...
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Great… Thanks for the help It worked great and less complicated. How would I write it if I wanted to put the same folder on several servers? Can I use sessions in place of the server name? Thanks Mike
View ArticleReply To: Creating a folder remotely using variables
Adam is right you can just use the C$ admin share to create a folder on a remote server. An alternative approach would be to tell PowerShell that you want the variables in your controller script to be...
View ArticleReply To: Creating a folder remotely using variables
To put the same folder on several servers try this: $Servers='SERVER1','SERVER2','SERVER3' $Group = 'GCE' $NewFolder = 'WebAdmin' $Servers | foreach { New-Item "\\$($_)\c$\web\www\$Group\$NewFolder"...
View ArticleReply To: AD User Importing Script Adjustments
Sean, -f is the PowerShell format operator. {0} defines the first value to be inserted into the string. In your case the Samaccountname to complete the home directory path. Please try below simple...
View ArticleReply To: Creating a folder remotely using variables
LOL… as a fun side note… #Imports Web Administration Module Import-Module WebAdministration One nice thing about PowerShell is that command names can be pretty obvious. You don't necessarily need that...
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Thanks for the response. It is the proxy server at work. Attach laptop to LAN cable and configure required proxy in IE. Fails Remove LAN cable and connect to internal wireless which has no proxy....
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Just another note that if you only need the Name property, you will have some better performance just getting the required properties. Get-ADComputer -Filter Name | Select-Object Name |...
View ArticleDSC and Package resource (EXE) with environment variable
I am trying to install a .exe setup package using the Package resource. The .exe uses an environment variable during the installation and the environment variable has been set in the server image so...
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Glad it provided some light for you. I found when trying to troubleshoot things, I ended up putting the Set-ACL between every rule as it only throws the error when it actually attempts to set the ACL,...
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Hi Dave, Thank you for your response. The software I am trying to install is RabbitMQ and the installation runs fine and the product gets installed but if the environment variable RABBITMQ_BASE is...
View ArticleReply To: Creating a folder remotely using variables
Thanks every one for all the great help. As for as typing goes and the "Documentation" where I'm at likes to see lines like #Imports Web Administration Module. Don't ask me I just work here LOL Thanks...
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You're working with .Net classes, so you should look at MSDN as a resource to see what properties are expected;...
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