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Create a local administrator account using PowerShell
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$Username = "su" | |
$Password = "password" | |
$group = "Administrators" | |
$adsi = [ADSI]"WinNT://$env:COMPUTERNAME" | |
$existing = $adsi.Children | where {$_.SchemaClassName -eq 'user' -and $_.Name -eq $Username } | |
if ($existing -eq $null) { | |
Write-Host "Creating new local user $Username." | |
& NET USER $Username $Password /add /y /expires:never | |
Write-Host "Adding local user $Username to $group." | |
& NET LOCALGROUP $group $Username /add | |
} | |
else { | |
Write-Host "Setting password for existing local user $Username." | |
$existing.SetPassword($Password) | |
} | |
Write-Host "Ensuring password for $Username never expires." | |
& WMIC USERACCOUNT WHERE "Name='$Username'" SET PasswordExpires=FALSE |
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lets just hope you do not deploy that script to the clients rather than remote-execute it, since the password is in the script.
There are methods to encrypt it in a script.