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| In [[library_powershell|PowerShell]] code using [[library|WinSCP .NET library]] you can use ''[[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh849787.aspx|Get-Content]]'' cmdlet to read an XML configuration file. | In [[library_powershell|PowerShell]] code using [[library|WinSCP .NET library]] you can use ''[[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh849787.aspx|Get-Content]]'' cmdlet to read an XML configuration file. | ||
| - | For example with following XML configuration file (''config.xml''): | + | For example with following %%XML%% configuration file (''config.xml''): |
| <code xml> | <code xml> | ||
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| ... | ... | ||
| + | </code> | ||
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| + | You can also leverage Windows Data Protection API to encrypt the password in the %%XML%% file. | ||
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| + | To encrypt the password use ''[[https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh849814.aspx|ConvertFrom-SecureString]]'' cmdlet: | ||
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| + | <code powershell> | ||
| + | Read-Host -AsSecureString | ConvertFrom-SecureString | ||
| + | </code> | ||
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| + | A password encrypted this way can be decrypted by the same Windows account only. | ||
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| + | Store the encrypted password to the %%XML%% file instead of the plain-text one: | ||
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| + | <code xml> | ||
| + | <Configuration> | ||
| + | <UserName>martin</UserName> | ||
| + | <Password>01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb01000000cf6dbc52515...</Password> | ||
| + | </Configuration> | ||
| + | </code> | ||
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| + | To decrypt the password, use ''[[https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh849818.aspx|ConvertTo-SecureString]]'' cmdlet and assign the resulting ''[[https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.security.securestring.aspx|SecureString]]'' to ''SessionOptions.SecurePassword'': | ||
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| + | <code powershell> | ||
| + | $sessionOptions.SecurePassword = ConvertTo-SecureString $config.Configuration.Password | ||
| </code> | </code> | ||