How Can I Determine the SID for a User Account?

re: How Can I Determine the SID for a User Account?

jecogite — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 09:07:51 GMT

Your script does not work

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Windows Script Host

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Script : C:\Users\toto\Desktop\sid.vbs

Ligne : 4

Caract. : 1

Erreur : Non trouvé

Code : 80041002

Source : SWbemServicesEx

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re: How Can I Determine the SID for a User Account?

IamMred — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 20:12:49 GMT

@willig you are right. wmoami /user works great.

re: How Can I Determine the SID for a User Account?

willig — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 19:53:20 GMT

Even lazier command-line (Win2k3 +)

Whoami /user

re: How Can I Determine the SID for a User Account?

aurelix — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:20:36 GMT

Unfortunately that method won't work when using a locally cached profile of a Domain account...

re: How Can I Determine the SID for a User Account?

ScriptingGuy1 — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:42:34 GMT

@Chha I am not certain, but I do not believe that it will retrieve SID History. I cannot test that scenario, and that was not in the test matrix for the original article.

@Stew14 The code shown here is VBScript code. We have an Excellent getting started with VBScript page that will walk you through the steps for using this code. The link is off of the Script Center home page.

technet.microsoft.com/.../dd940112.aspx

Hope this helps,

ed wilson

Microsoft Scripting Guy

re: How Can I Determine the SID for a User Account?

stewl4 — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:12:24 GMT

What do you type this script into and what do you save it is to make this code work? I'm brand new to any kind of scripting and I'm self teaching so I'm just trying to keep up. Thanks for any help I get guys.

re: How Can I Determine the SID for a User Account?

chha — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:43:34 GMT

Does anybody know whether this lines here

strComputer = "."

Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")

Set objAccount = objWMIService.Get _

("Win32_SID.SID='S-1-5-21-1454471165-1004336348-1606980848-5555'")

find the user, if he has another SID but this SID stored in his SIDHistory?

It's a bit hard for me to try it out as I don't have any users where the SIDHistory is filled in and I didn't find an easy way to fill the attribute (which does not surprise me very much as that would give room to hijack someones identity).

Does anybody know? Or do you have a domain with migrated users where the SIDHistory attribute is filled in and can try this out for me quickly?

Thank your very much.

re: How Can I Determine the SID for a User Account?

bartcocquyt — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:42:49 GMT

Hello,

Here command-line for the lazy IT guys

Current domain-user:

wmic path win32_useraccount where name="%username%" get sid

Other domain-user

wmic path win32_useraccount where name="xxxxxxx" get sid

Regards,