WMS Anonymous User CustomInterface and PowerShell

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by upinya at 2012-10-03 09:13:31

[code2=powershell]$Username = "domain\username"
$Password = "p@55word"
$WMServer = New-Object -COM WMSServer.Server
$Plugin = $WMServer.Authenticators.Item("WMS Anonymous User Authentication")
$Plugin.Enabled = $false
$AdminAnonUser = $Plugin.CustomInterface
$AdminAnonUser.SetUserNamePassword($Username, $Password)
$Plugin.Enabled = $true[/code2]

Trying to programatically set the Anon user in Windows Media by using COM objects, but I get this error:

Exception calling "SetUserNamePassword" with "2" argument(s): "Bad variable type. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80020008 (DISP_E_BADVARTYPE))"
At line:8 char:35
+ $AdminAnonUser.SetUserNamePassword <<<< ($Username, $Password)
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:slight_smile: , MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ComMethodTargetInvocation
by poshoholic at 2012-10-03 10:18:12
Just a hunch, have you tried it with a username without the domain? i.e. $Username = "username"?
by upinya at 2012-10-03 10:37:17
[quote="poshoholic"]Just a hunch, have you tried it with a username without the domain? i.e. $Username = "username"?[/quote]

I have done that, yes, I still get the same Bad Variable Type error.
by poshoholic at 2012-10-03 10:49:26
My next guess would be something to do with the password. Things I would try:

1. Try running it from PowerShell in STA mode (i.e. PowerShell -STA). Searching the web for "SetUserNamePassword PowerShell" revealed a discussion from 2008 where that was proposed.

2. Try a more complex password, possibly longer, in case it has something to do with password restrictions/policy.

3. Try a password as secure string (i.e. $password = Read-Host -AsSecureString -Prompt ‘Enter password:’). I know the docs don’t indicate that it expects a secure string, but since it is complaining about type, I thought it could be worth a try.
by JeffH at 2012-10-03 11:23:57
Hmmm…my first response never made it. What type of parameters is the method expecting? What do you get from this:

$AdminAnonUser.SetUserNamePassword.OverLoadDefinitions
by upinya at 2012-10-03 11:26:32
[quote="JeffH"]Hmmm…my first response never made it. What type of parameters is the method expecting? What do you get from this:

$AdminAnonUser.SetUserNamePassword.OverLoadDefinitions[/quote]

$AdminAnonUser.SetUserNamePassword.OverLoadDefinitions
void SetUserNamePassword (string, string)
by upinya at 2012-10-03 12:00:21
This thread:

http://www.techtalkz.com/microsoft-wind … a-com.html

references THIS thread:

http://thepowershellguy.com/blogs/posh/ … vices.aspx

And the whole thing seems insane to me, much harder than it needs to be :frowning:
by upinya at 2012-10-03 12:07:09
Here is how to do it with C++ (only very slightly helpful):
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library … 86(v=vs.85).aspx

Also, this thread mentions this issue specifically:
http://www.techtalkz.com/microsoft-wind … a-com.html

…which then references this thread for a fix:
http://thepowershellguy.com/blogs/posh/ … vices.aspx

And it leaves me more confused than when I started.