ProcessStartInfo and Process in PowerShell - Authentication Error
invoke, powershell, process, processstartinfo
Solution
It's pretty much spelled out to you, isn't it?:
"Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password"
(first error line).
Note that DOMAIN should be provided in separate property:
$startInfo.Username = "Username"
$startInfo.Domain = "DOMAIN"
Problem
I have code that uses ProcessStartInfo and Process to invoke another script, and to return the output of that script. Unfortunately, I am getting errors, and I am unsure how to troubleshoot them. ``` #script1.ps1 $abc = $args $startInfo = $NULL $process = $NULL $standardOut = $NULL <#Previously created password file in C:\Script\cred.txt, read-host -assecurestring | convertfrom-securestring | out-file C:\Script\cred.txt#> $password = get-content C:\Script\cred.txt | convertto-securestring $startInfo = New-Object System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo $startInfo.FileName = "powershell.exe" $startInfo.Arguments = "C:\script\script2.ps1", $abc $startInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = $true $startInfo.UseShellExecute = $false $startInfo.CreateNoWindow = $false $startInfo.Username = "DOMAIN\Username" $startInfo.Password = $password $process = New-Object System.Diagnostics.Process $process.StartInfo = $startInfo $process.Start() | Out-Null $standardOut = $process.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd() $process.WaitForExit() # $standardOut should contain the results of "C:\script\script2.ps1" $standardOut ``` The errors I get are: ``` Exception calling "Start" with "0" argument(s): "Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password" At C:\script\script1.ps1:46 char:15 + $process.Start <<<< () | Out-Null + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DotNetMethodException You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression. At C:\script\script1.ps1:47 char:49 + $standardOut = $process.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd <<<< () + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (ReadToEnd:String) [], RuntimeException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull Exception calling "WaitForExit" with "0" argument(s): "No process is associated with this object." At C:\script\script1.ps1:48 char:21 + $process.WaitForExit <<<< () + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DotNetMethodException ``` How can I fix this problem?