Run Powershell commands inside Winform C# with another users crfedential

When I click the view button it executes the Powershell code successfully and displays the results in 3 different textboxes. This is working as should.

But I need to run this with another user credential and this should happen when I click the command button.

We are not going to get access to that remote computer with our current user and password.. I need a workaround for this.

1. I do not want a prompt for entering the user name and password.
2. I want this to be transparent.

I have looked and try solutions from other sites but these where for running in Powershell and not in Visual Studio C# Winforms.

Any assistance is appreciated.

Code:

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{
            try
            {
             
                //string Test = textBoxScript.Text;
                txtTaskNotResponding.Clear();

                //Returns all the Process running
                txtTaskList.Text = RunScript("Get-Process -ComputerName pcname | Where-Object {$_.responding -eq $True} | Format-Table -AutoSize ProcessName, Responding, CPU");

                //Returns all Process that are not running
                txtTaskNotResponding.Text = RunScript("Get-Process -ComputerName  pcname | Where-Object {$_.responding -eq $false} | Format-Table -AutoSize ProcessName, Responding, CPU | Sort-Object ProcessName -Descending");

                //Returns the Eventlog in application log with errors
                txtEventLogError.Text = RunScript("Get-WinEvent -FilterHashtable @{logname= 'Windows PowerShell'} -MaxEvents 100 -ComputerName pcname | Where-Object LevelDisplayName -Like 'Information' | Sort-Object TIMECREATED -Descending");

            }
            catch (Exception error)
            {
                txtTaskList.Text += String.Format("\r\nError in script : {0}\r\n", error.Message);
                txtTaskNotResponding.Text += String.Format("\r\nError in script : {0}\r\n", error.Message);
                txtEventLogError.Text += String.Format("\r\nError in script : {0}\r\n", error.Message);
               
            }
        }

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Where is RunScript defined? Is it part of a power shell library or something you've coded?

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Originally Posted by Arjay

Where is RunScript defined? Is it part of a power shell library or something you've coded?

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Its defined here:

Code:

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private string RunScript(string scriptText)
        {
            // create Powershell runspace
            Runspace runspace = RunspaceFactory.CreateRunspace();

            // open it
            runspace.Open();

            // create a pipeline and feed it the script text
            Pipeline pipeline = runspace.CreatePipeline();
            pipeline.Commands.AddScript(scriptText);

            // add an extra command to transform the script output objects into nicely formatted strings
            // remove this line to get the actual objects that the script returns. For example, the script
            // "Get-Process" returns a collection of System.Diagnostics.Process instances.
            pipeline.Commands.Add("Out-String");

            // execute the script
            Collection<PSObject> results = pipeline.Invoke();

            // close the runspace
            runspace.Close();

            // convert the script result into a single string
            StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
            foreach (PSObject obj in results)
            {
                stringBuilder.AppendLine(obj.ToString());
            }

            return stringBuilder.ToString();
       
        }

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Regards,

I spent a bit of time trying looking for the answer and was unable to find a solution that is able to pass the identity of the current user as credentials to powershell.

Hello
I tried this on my local laptop, it works:

Code:

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var con = new WSManConnectionInfo();
con.Credential = new PSCredential("user", "pass".ToSecureString());
Runspace runspace = RunspaceFactory.CreateRunspace(con);
runspace.Open();
Pipeline pipeline = runspace.CreatePipeline();
pipeline.Commands.Add("dir");
pipeline.Commands.Add("Out-String");
var results = pipeline.Invoke();
runspace.Close();

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to connect to a remote machine you need to specify the machine to the WSManConnectionInfo
also make sure you enable PowerShell remoting : http://www.howtogeek.com/117192/how-...ote-computers/

Quote:

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Originally Posted by hspc

Hello
I tried this on my local laptop, it works:

Code:

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var con = new WSManConnectionInfo();
con.Credential = new PSCredential("user", "pass".ToSecureString());
Runspace runspace = RunspaceFactory.CreateRunspace(con);
runspace.Open();
Pipeline pipeline = runspace.CreatePipeline();
pipeline.Commands.Add("dir");
pipeline.Commands.Add("Out-String");
var results = pipeline.Invoke();
runspace.Close();

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to connect to a remote machine you need to specify the machine to the WSManConnectionInfo
also make sure you enable PowerShell remoting : http://www.howtogeek.com/117192/how-...ote-computers/

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The OP wants to use the identity of the current user without having to explicitly pass in a user name and password.

Good