Convert SID to User Name using PowerShell
Create a SecurityIdentifier object and translate into a NTAccount:
1: $objSID = New-Object System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier
1: ("S-1-5-21-3496554487-1900509739-3140548133-500")
2: $objUser = $objSID.Translate( [System.Security.Principal.NTAccount])
3: $objUser.Value
Comments
Anonymous
December 24, 2014
Thanks, this was exactly what I needed!Anonymous
February 05, 2015
Awesome script! I've added this to our documentation library. Great to have.Anonymous
February 10, 2015
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August 12, 2015
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August 25, 2015
I have a list of SID's. How can i import a file and get the result? As the above example is for single SID.Anonymous
September 09, 2015
Just what I need. Thanks.Anonymous
November 23, 2015
what if a user's account had been deleted from Active Directory ?Anonymous
February 22, 2016
If the account has been deleted the translate will simply fail You could use a try catch construction and return the SID in that case for example Try { $User = $objSID.Translate( [System.Security.Principal.NTAccount]).Value } Catch { $User = $objSID.Value } $user