# Prompt for Password - New User **URL:** \ **Category:** PowerShell Help\ **Created:** [September 15, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/prompt-for-password-new-user/4884 "2015-09-15T19:14:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![roger-ohlsson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/34f0e0/32.png) [@roger-ohlsson](https://forums.powershell.org/u/roger-ohlsson)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/prompt-for-password-new-user/4884/1 "2015-09-15T19:14:04Z")
Hi. im really new at PS and trying to create a command/script that prompt me ech time for user account password when i run below command. Running PS 5 on Windows 2012 R2 Like New-ADUser -Name sccmadmin -GivenName sccm -surname admin -DisplayName configadmin -Path “ou=Users,ou=cgmt,DC=cgmt,dc=int” | Set-ADAccountPassword SCCMAdmin | -AccountPassword (Read-Host -AsSecureString “AccountPassword”) Get error -AccountPassword : The term ‘-AccountPassword’ is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again. At line:1 char:160 - … ,dc=int" | Set-ADAccountPassword SCCMAdmin | -AccountPassword (Read-H … - ``` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ``` - CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (-AccountPassword:String) , CommandNotFoundException - FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException ---
**Author:** ![donj](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.powershell.org/donj/32/137_2.png) [@donj](https://forums.powershell.org/u/donj)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/prompt-for-password-new-user/4884/2 "2015-09-15T19:17:32Z")
Well, Read-Host will work, as you’ve got it, right? ---
**Author:** ![roger-ohlsson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/34f0e0/32.png) [@roger-ohlsson](https://forums.powershell.org/u/roger-ohlsson)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 7:26pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/prompt-for-password-new-user/4884/3 "2015-09-15T19:26:47Z")
Please see my added error message ---
**Author:** ![donj](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.powershell.org/donj/32/137_2.png) [@donj](https://forums.powershell.org/u/donj)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/prompt-for-password-new-user/4884/4 "2015-09-15T19:42:09Z")
That’s a syntax error. ``` Set-ADAccountPassword SCCMAdmin | -AccountPassword (Read-Host -AsSecureString "AccountPassword") ``` You’ve put a pipe character in the middle of the command, which cases the shell to try and treat -AccountPassword as a new command, which it isn’t. Remove the pipe character. ---
**Author:** ![roger-ohlsson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/34f0e0/32.png) [@roger-ohlsson](https://forums.powershell.org/u/roger-ohlsson)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/prompt-for-password-new-user/4884/5 "2015-09-15T20:35:57Z")
Run it New-ADUser -Name sccmadmin -GivenName sccm -surname admin -DisplayName configadmin -Path “ou=Users,ou=cgmt,DC=cgmt,dc=int” | Set-ADAccountPassword SCCMAdmin -AccountPassword (Read-Host -AsSecureString “AccountPassword”) Get error Set-ADAccountPassword : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name ‘AccountPassword’. At line:1 char:158 - … mt,dc=int" | Set-ADAccountPassword SCCMAdmin -AccountPassword (Read-H … - ``` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ``` - CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (🙂 [Set-ADAccountPassword], ParameterBindingException - FullyQualifiedErrorId : NamedParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.Commands.SetADAccountPassword ---
**Author:** ![max-kozlov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@max-kozlov](https://forums.powershell.org/u/max-kozlov)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/prompt-for-password-new-user/4884/6 "2015-09-15T20:47:57Z")
Set-ADAccountPassword doesn’t have -AccountPassword parameter [http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=144999](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=144999) it have -NewPassword (and [hint] -Reset switch) ---
**Author:** ![roger-ohlsson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/34f0e0/32.png) [@roger-ohlsson](https://forums.powershell.org/u/roger-ohlsson)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 8:56pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/prompt-for-password-new-user/4884/7 "2015-09-15T20:56:43Z")
i solve it with a set-variabel -name New-ADUser -Name sccmadmin -GivenName sccm -surname admin -DisplayName configadmin -Path “ou=Users,ou=cgmt,DC=cgmt,dc=int” | Set-ADAccountPassword SCCMAdmin | Set-Variable -Name AccountPassword (Read-Host -AsSecureString “AccountPassword”) ---
**Author:** ![dotnVo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@dotnVo](https://forums.powershell.org/u/dotnVo)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 8:44pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/prompt-for-password-new-user/4884/8 "2024-05-16T20:44:47Z")