Functions/Public/New-AMUser.ps1
function New-AMUser { <# .SYNOPSIS Creates a new AutoMate Enterprise user. .DESCRIPTION New-AMUser creates a new user object. .PARAMETER Name The name/username of the new object. .PARAMETER Password The password for the user. .PARAMETER UseActiveDirectory Authenticate against Active Directory. If not specified, Automate authentication is used. .PARAMETER Notes The new notes to set on the object. .PARAMETER Folder The folder to place the object in. .PARAMETER Connection The server to create the object on. .EXAMPLE # Create new user that authenticates against Active Directory New-AMUser -Name John -UseActiveDirectory .EXAMPLE # Create new user that authenticates against Automate (prompts for password) New-AMUser -Name John -Password (Read-Host -Prompt "Enter password" -AsSecureString) .LINK https://github.com/AutomatePS/AutomatePS #> [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess=$true,ConfirmImpact="Low")] param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position = 0)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [string]$Name, [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ParameterSetName = "AutomatePassword")] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [Security.SecureString]$Password, [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ParameterSetName = "ActiveDirectoryPassword")] [switch]$UseActiveDirectory, [string]$Notes = "", [ValidateScript({$_.Type -eq "Folder"})] $Folder, [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] $Connection ) if ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey("Connection")) { $Connection = Get-AMConnection -Connection $Connection } else { $Connection = Get-AMConnection } switch (($Connection | Measure-Object).Count) { 1 { $user = Get-AMUser -Connection $Connection | Where-Object {$_.Name -ieq $Connection.Credential.UserName} if (-not $Folder) { $Folder = Get-AMFolder -Path "\" -Name "USERS" -Connection $Connection } # Place the user in the root users folder switch ($Connection.Version.Major) { 10 { $newObject = [AMUserv10]::new($Name, $Folder, $Connection.Alias) } 11 { $newObject = [AMUserv11]::new($Name, $Folder, $Connection.Alias) } default { throw "Unsupported server major version: $_!" } } $newObject.CreatedBy = $user.ID $newObject.Notes = $Notes $newObject.Username = $Name if ($UseActiveDirectory.IsPresent) { $newObject.Password = "<!*!>" } else { $newObject.Password = [System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::PtrToStringAuto([System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::SecureStringToBSTR($Password)) } $newObject | New-AMObject -Connection $Connection } 0 { throw "No servers are currently connected!" } default { throw "Multiple AutoMate servers are connected, please specify which server to create the new user on!" } } } |