get the security settings from GPO using xml report

Question

I want to export the security settings of a group policy. I have exported the gpo to xml format and then I am using the below: $x.GPO.Computer.ExtenstionData.Extension

Where $x contains the xml report. However I getting the result like below:

q1 type

http://www.microsoft.com/Grouppolicy/Settings/Files q1:FileSettings

                                                                                                            q2:SecuritySettings

                                                                                                            q3:RegistrySettings

How can I extract the data inside these q1:FileSettings, q2:SecuritySettings, q3:RegistrySettings?

Answer 1

Hi,
It depends on how the gpo is stored in the xml file. According to the result you posted, there could be three nodes in $x.GPO.Computer.ExtenstionData.Extension and you can get them separately with $x.GPO.Computer.ExtenstionData.Extension[0], $x.GPO.Computer.ExtenstionData.Extension[1] and $x.GPO.Computer.ExtenstionData.Extension[2]. You'd better post the xml file. Otherwise no one knows how to get the data inside these nodes.

Best Regards,

Ian

Please remember to "Accept Answer" and upvote if the reply is helpful.

Answer 2

Thanks for the reply. However what if there are multiple GPOs with different settings and we don't know the value we want to search is in [0], [1], [2] etc..

If the xml has a namespace, how can I extract value from that using xpath or Select-xml.

Answer 3

Example, xml file attached:22862-testgpo1.xml

Basically I want to know how to extract information in the namespace using Select-xml or xpath.
So in this example xml file, I want to extract all the settings defined using powershell.