Invoke Powershell error - New-ADUSer

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Hi All,
I need to create a new user account in Active Directory with PowerShell. I am using below script for that:

Param(
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [string]$userID,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [string]$name,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [string]$server,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [string]$pwd,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [string]$loc
)

$username = $username; $password = $password; $secpasswd = ConvertTo-SecureString $password -AsPlainText -Force; $mycreds = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ($username, $secpasswd);

New-ADUser -Name $name -SamAccountName $userID -path $loc -Accountpassword (Read-Host -AsSecureString $pwd) -Enabled $true -Server $server -Credential $mycreds

This is running fine in powershell, however when I run this in Uipath using invoke powershell activity, It throws below error:
Invoke Power Shell: A command that prompts the user failed because the host program or the command type does not support user interaction. The host was attempting to request confirmation with the following message:

Just to add lil more context, Get-ADUser works perfectly fine.

Has anyone ever experienced this issue? Please pour in your suggestions/recommendations.
Thanks!

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Hey @kaurM

When you run it in powershell manually without UiPath, did you get any user prompt ?

Thanks
#nK

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Hi,

No I don’t get any prompt in powerShell.

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Hello @kaurM

Did you tried with the Active directory activities available in the uipath. It is easy to use and handle.

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Okay got it !

As try the one suggested by @Rahul_Unnikrishnan

If nothing helps please let us know.

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Hi Rahul,
Thanks for your response!
There are some security constraints regarding the use of Active Directory scope in the bank I work with. We are facing a PasswordNotRequired flag with the account created with ‘Create User’ activity under Active Directory Scope.
So the ask here is to use powershell script to create a new user account.

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Thanks for your response!
There are some security constraints regarding the use of Active Directory scope in the bank I work with. We are facing a PasswordNotRequired flag with the account created with ‘Create User’ activity under Active Directory Scope.
So the ask here is to use powershell script to create a new user account.

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@kaurM

As per my understanding the below statement is causing the issue here.

Read-Host -AsSecureString $pwd) -Enabled $true

So if you execute this in powershell ISE, is it asking to enter the password?

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@kaurM

One alternate solution is you can create a user without password and then add password as below.

Set-ADAccountPassword -Identity ‘CN=Elisa Daugherty,OU=Accounts,DC=Fabrikam,DC=com’ -Reset -NewPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText “p@ssw0rd” -Force)

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Hi Rahul,
In PowerShell, No, its not asking to enter the password.
Also, Creating an account and setting up a password should be one transaction.
If I create an account first and then set the password, that user account gets flagged red as per the bank’s policy which should not happen at all.

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@kaurM Give me some time. Let me check for the code. Did similar automation.
We started with Powershell and then moved to UiPath activity.

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You are right, this was giving me issue. I removed this line and passed password as secure string variable here.

Thanks so much, I had been struggling with it for last two days.

Thanks!

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