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I need a secure password file to remotely login to some servers using PowerCLI. Here is what I created
## removed secure password file
gci C:\Users\mdspain\Documents\Secure\mdspain.txt | remove-item
## encrypt user generated passwrod
$Secure = Read-Host -AsSecureString
## transform from system.secure.string to binary format
$Encrypted = ConvertFrom-SecureString -SecureString $Secure
## create file
$Encrypted| out-file C:\Users\mdspain\Documents\Secure\mdspain.txt
Here is my source.
Link to MS documentation
## removed secure password file
gci C:\Users\mdspain\Documents\Secure\mdspain.txt | remove-item
## encrypt user generated passwrod
$Secure = Read-Host -AsSecureString
## transform from system.secure.string to binary format
$Encrypted = ConvertFrom-SecureString -SecureString $Secure
## create file
$Encrypted| out-file C:\Users\mdspain\Documents\Secure\mdspain.txt
Here is my source.
Link to MS documentation