Account SIDs

A question on the forum asked about finding the accounts and SIDs on the local machine.

function get-SID {            
param (            
 [string]$computername = $env:COMPUTERNAME            
)            
            
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_AccountSID -ComputerName $computername |            
foreach {            
 $da =  (($_.Element).Split(".")[1]).Split(",")            
 $sid = ($_.Setting -split "=")[1] -replace '"',''            
            
 $props = [ordered]@{            
 Domain = ($da[0] -split "=")[1] -replace '"',''            
 Account = ($da[1] -split "=")[1] -replace '"',''            
 SID = $sid            
 }            
             
 New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property $props            
}            
            
}

Pass a computer name into the function – default is local machine.

Use the AccountSID class which links Win32_SystemAccount and Win32_SID.  For each returned instance clean up the data and create an object with three properties – domain, account and SID.

You will see more than you thought – some very useful information buried in there