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almmatt
Contributor
9 years ago

Get current Windows user SID

Hello everyone,   I am looking for a way to get the current Windows user SID during script execution. Part of our regression testing requires that we verify deleting an item within our application ...
  • HKosova's avatar
    HKosova
    9 years ago

    Hi almmatt,

     

    Try this:

     

    function getSID()
{
  var oWMI = GetObject("winmgmts:");
  var oAccount = oWMI.Get("Win32_UserAccount.Name='" + Sys.UserName + "',Domain='" + Sys.DomainName + "'");
  return oAccount.SID;
}
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HKosova
SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
9 years ago

Hi almmatt,

 

Try this:

 

function getSID()
{
  var oWMI = GetObject("winmgmts:");
  var oAccount = oWMI.Get("Win32_UserAccount.Name='" + Sys.UserName + "',Domain='" + Sys.DomainName + "'");
  return oAccount.SID;
}
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    almmatt
    Contributor
    9 years ago

    Thank you very much! That is exactly what I needed!