Must provide a value expression on the right-hand side of the '-' operator

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when I run the above mentioned script in server 2008, I am not getting output with the local user name…pls let me know if you can assist me in that…But its working fine in 2008R2 and also in 2012.

 $adsi = [ADSI]"WinNT://$env:COMPUTERNAME" 
$adsi.Children | where {$_.SchemaClassName -eq 'user'} | Foreach-Object 
{$_.GetType().InvokeMember("Name", 'GetProperty', $null, $_, $null)} 
$_ | Select-Object @{n='UserName';e={$_.Name}},@{n='Groups';e={[string]::Join(';',$groups)}}
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The last line of your code seems not be connected to the rest of the script. You are using $_ outside a pipeline. To get the local user names you could simply your script using:

$adsi = [ADSI]"WinNT://$env:COMPUTERNAME" 
$adsi.Children | Where-Object {$_.SchemaClassName -eq 'user'} | ForEach-Object {
    $_.Name
}
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Thanks for your reply Dirk. I tried that

$adsi = [ADSI]"WinNT://$env:COMPUTERNAME" $adsi.Children | Where-Object {$_.SchemaClassName -eq 'user'} | ForEach-Object {$_.Name}

I am getting error

Unexpected token 'adsi' in expression or statement.
At line:1 char:48
+ $adsi = [ADSI]"WinNT://$env:COMPUTERNAME" $adsi. <<<< Children | Where-Object {$_.SchemaClassName -eq 'user'} | ForEach-Object {$_.Name}

Anything I can change in that script, pls let me know…

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I also tried this mentioned below -

$adsi = ([ADSI]"WinNT://$env:COMPUTERNAME").Children | Where-Object {$_.SchemaClassName -eq 'user'} | ForEach-Object {$_.Name}

I dont see any output…

5

It appears, that you have copied and pasted the code into the console instead of running it from ISE. If you do that you should add semicolons:

#ugly "one" liner
$adsi = [ADSI]"WinNT://$env:COMPUTERNAME";$adsi.Children | Where-Object {$_.SchemaClassName -eq 'user'} | ForEach-Object {$_.Name}
6

Do yourself a favor and use the PowerShell Module to Manage Local Users and Groups :wink: :smiley:

7

Thanks Dirk. I used the script that you mentioned as well and not getting any output. any advice, pls let me know…

8

@ Olaf Soyk, :slight_smile: Yes, I understand what you mean, but we have few servers with version 1.0. Thats why I am trying to find a solution. Hope you can assist as well…

9

Try it piece by piece. Do you see any output?:

([ADSI]"WinNT://$env:COMPUTERNAME")

Do you see output that has SchemaClassName “User”, when you run this one?:

([ADSI]"WinNT://$env:COMPUTERNAME").Children | select SchemaClassName
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What is it actually what you’re trying to do with this code?

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Hi Dirk, I only see output as mentioned below -

 PS C:\Temp> ([ADSI]"WinNT://$env:COMPUTERNAME")
distinguishedName
-----------------

PS C:\Temp> [ADSI]"WinNT://$env:COMPUTERNAME"
distinguishedName
-----------------

PS C:\Temp> ([ADSI]"WinNT://$env:COMPUTERNAME").Children | select SchemaClassName
SchemaClassName
---------------
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Hi Olaf Soyk, I am trying to get the local users from server that has powershell v1.0 using the ADSI.

But I came to know that v1.0 didn’t implement an [ADSI] accelerator…which makes sense…

13

Seems that ADSI doesn’t work on v1. You could use WMI instead:

Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_UserAccount
14

Thanks Dirk…