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    Hi,

    below command for getting the password via powershell works for 1 server but throws and error for other server machine ?

    Commnand - $credential.GetNetworkCredential().password

    Error -

    You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
    At line:1 char:33
    + $credential.GetNetworkCredential <<<< ().password
        + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (GetNetworkCredential:String) [], RuntimeException
        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

    sid

    • Moved by Bill_Stewart Sunday, November 2, 2014 8:16 PM Unanswerable drive-by question
    Tuesday, September 16, 2014 3:06 AM

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    There is no such command.  It is an Object that is obtained by calking Get-Credential.

    PS C:\scripts> $cred=Get-Credential domain\somename
PS C:\scripts> $cred

UserName                                                                                                       Password
--------                                                                                                       --------
domain\somename                                                                            System.Security.SecureString


PS C:\scripts> $nw=$cred.GetNetworkCredential()
PS C:\scripts> $nw

UserName                                           Domain
--------                                           ------
somename                                           domain


PS C:\scripts>

    This construct:

    $cred.GetNetworkCredential().UserName

    Will only work on PowerShell V3 or later.

    Your $credential object is null.  That is why you are getting an error.

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    Tuesday, September 16, 2014 3:27 AM