C#

cls
$ErrorActionPreference = "SilentlyContinue"
$servers = Get-Content c:\Temp\servers.txt

foreach($srv in $servers)
{
	try
	{
		$ID = New-Object System.Security.Principal.NTAccount("AccountName")
		$SID = $ID.Translate([system.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier]).ToString()
		$WMISDDL = "A;CI;CCWP;;;" + $SID
		$WMISDDLPartialMatch = "A;\w*;\w+;;;" + $SID
		$security = Get-WmiObject -ComputerName $srv -Namespace root -Class __SystemSecurity
		$binarySD = @($null)
		$result = $security.PsBase.InvokeMethod("GetSD",$binarySD)
				
	  	write-host "`tConverting current permissions to SDDL format..."
		$converter = new-object system.management.ManagementClass Win32_SecurityDescriptorHelper
		$CurrentWMISDDL = $converter.BinarySDToSDDL($binarySD[0])

	  	write-host "`tBuilding the new permissions..."
		if (($CurrentWMISDDL.SDDL -match $WMISDDLPartialMatch) -and ($CurrentWMISDDL.SDDL -notmatch $WMISDDL))
		{
   			$NewWMISDDL = $CurrentWMISDDL.SDDL -replace $WMISDDLPartialMatch, $WMISDDL
		}
		else
		{
   			$NewWMISDDL = $CurrentWMISDDL.SDDL += "(" + $WMISDDL + ")"
		}

		# Convert SDDL back to Binary 
  		write-host `t"Converting SDDL back into binary form..."
		$WMIbinarySD = $converter.SDDLToBinarySD($NewWMISDDL)
		$WMIconvertedPermissions = ,$WMIbinarySD.BinarySD
		
		# Apply the changes
		write-host "`tApplying changes..."
		if($CurrentWMISDDL.SDDL.ToString().Contains($WMISDDL.ToString()))
		{
			write-host "`tCurrent WMI Permissions matches desired value..."
		}
		else
		{
   			$result = $security.PsBase.InvokeMethod("SetSD",$WMIconvertedPermissions) 
   			if($result='0'){write-host "`t`tApplied WMI Security complete."}		
		}
						
	}
	catch
	{
		Write-Host $Error[$Error.Count - 1].ToString()
	}
}
Write-Host "`nFinished" -ForegroundColor DarkBlue

Philip Lane wrote:

does anyone know of a way / programme to convert Powershell scripts into C# code?

Philip Lane wrote:

i have a short script that i need to convert and it is proving pretty tricky!

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InvokeMethodOptions imo = new InvokeMethodOptions();
                imo.Timeout = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 0, 5);
                NTAccount ID = new NTAccount(uName);
                string SID = ID.Translate(typeof(SecurityIdentifier)).ToString();
                string WMISDDL = "A;CI;CCWP;;;" + SID;
                string WMISDDLPartialMatch = "A;\\w*;\\w+;;;" + SID;
                ManagementClass security = new ManagementClass(new ManagementPath("\\\\" + server + "\\root\\Security:__SystemSecurity"));
                object BinarySD = null;
                ManagementBaseObject result = (ManagementBaseObject)security.InvokeMethod("GetSD", (ManagementBaseObject)BinarySD, imo);
                ManagementClass converter = new ManagementClass("\\\\" + server + "\\root\\CIMV2:Win32_SecurityDescriptorHelper");
                
                ManagementBaseObject CurrentWMISDDL = (ManagementBaseObject)converter.InvokeMethod("BinarySDToSDDL", (ManagementBaseObject) BinarySD, imo);
                

                string NewWMISDDL;
                                
                if (CurrentWMISDDL.Properties["SDDL"].ToString() == WMISDDLPartialMatch && CurrentWMISDDL.Properties["SDDL"].ToString() != WMISDDL)
                {
                    NewWMISDDL = CurrentWMISDDL.Properties["SDDL"].ToString().Replace(WMISDDLPartialMatch, WMISDDL);
                }
                else
                {
                    NewWMISDDL = CurrentWMISDDL.Properties["SDDL"].ToString() + "(" + WMISDDL +")";
                }
                
                ManagementObject WMIBinarySD = (ManagementObject)converter.InvokeMethod("SDDLToBinarySD", new object[] { NewWMISDDL });
                ManagementBaseObject WMIConvertedPerms = (ManagementBaseObject)WMIBinarySD.Properties["BinarySD"].Value;

                if (CurrentWMISDDL.Properties["SDDL"].ToString().Contains(WMISDDL.ToString()))
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("Current WMI permissions already match desired value.");
                }
                else
                {
                    result = (ManagementObject)security.InvokeMethod("SetSD", new object[] { WMIConvertedPerms });
                    if ((Int32)result.GetPropertyValue("ReturnValue") == 0)
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("Applied WMI security permissions.");
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("Error applying permissions!");
                    }
                }
            }
            catch (Exception exp)
            {
                Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Red;
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + exp.Message.ToString());
                Console.ResetColor();
            }

ManagementBaseObject CurrentWMISDDL = (ManagementBaseObject)converter.InvokeMethod("BinarySDToSDDL", (ManagementBaseObject) BinarySD, imo);

I are Troll

Philip Lane wrote:

tried that.. didn't work!
says it cant convert it

I are Troll

var q = from node in oProjectDoc.Root.DescendantsAndSelf("Clips")
        let attr = node.Attribute("ID")
        where attr != null && attr.Value == clipId
        select node;
q.ToList().ForEach(x => x.Remove());

var q = (from node in oProjectDoc.Root.DescendantsAndSelf("Clips")
        let attr = node.Attribute("ID")
        where attr != null && attr.Value != clipId
        select node);
oProjectDoc.Root.RemoveAll();
foreach(XElement element in q)
{
    oProjectDoc.Root.Add(element);
}