Add new credentials

[matteu]

Hello,

I don't know how to do to add new credential to veeam with read-host.

I try this but it doesn't work :

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$Mailaccount = "xxxxx@gmail.com"
$MailPassword = Read-host "mail password" -AsSecureString
$MailDescription = "Mail account"

Add-VBRCredentials -User $Mailaccount -Password (ConvertFrom-SecureString -SecureString $Password) -Description $MailDescription -Type Windows 

What Am I missing ?

The account is created but it doesn't work. If I manually change the password on veeam credential manager, it works.

[Egor Yakovlev]

In Add-VBRCredentials you are converting secure string $Password, but your actual password secure string is in the variable $MailPassword?
In your case $Password is $null.
/Cheers!

[matteu]

Oh sorry, I just fail on my copy / paste

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$Mailaccount = "proxmox31@gmail.com"
$MailPassword = Read-Host "Mail password :" -AsSecureString | convertfrom-securestring
$MailDescription = "Mail account"


Add-VBRCredentials -User $Mailaccount -Password (ConvertFrom-SecureString -SecureString $MailPassword) -Description $MailDescription -Type Windows 

It works if I do :

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$credentials = get-credentials
$credentials | Add-VBRCredentials -Description $MailDescription -Type Windows

[oleg.feoktistov]

Hi matteu,

It fails because you are converting it from a secure string twice. Once in the pipeline from Read-Host cmdlet and twice when passing the value to Add-VBRCredentials. Try this:

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$Mailaccount = "proxmox31@gmail.com"
$MailPassword = Read-Host "Mail password :" -AsSecureString | convertfrom-securestring
$MailDescription = "Mail account"

Add-VBRCredentials -User $Mailaccount -Password $MailPassword -Description $MailDescription -Type Windows 

Thanks,
Oleg

[matteu]

Hello,

I'im tired today...

I tried both and when I copy paste here I copy paste my both try...

This doesn't work :

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$Mailaccount = "proxmox31@gmail.com"
$MailPassword = Read-Host "Mail password :" -AsSecureString | convertfrom-securestring
$MailDescription = "Mail account"

Add-VBRCredentials -User $Mailaccount -Password $MailPassword -Description $MailDescription -Type Windows 

and this doesn't work

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$Mailaccount = "proxmox31@gmail.com"
$MailPassword = Read-Host "Mail password :" -AsSecureString 
$MailDescription = "Mail account"

Add-VBRCredentials -User $Mailaccount -Password (convertfrom-securestring $MailPassword) -Description $MailDescription -Type Windows 

[Egor Yakovlev]

I would go with Get-Credentials as they are in SecureString by defaut.

That code does the trick:

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$MailCredentials = Get-Credential -UserName YourEmail@gmail.com -Message 'Enter Password'
$MailDescription = "Mail account"
Add-VBRCredentials -User $MailCredentials.UserName -Password ([System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::PtrToStringAuto([System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::SecureStringToBSTR($MailCredentials.Password))) -Description $MailDescription -Type Windows