Sysinternals/Pstools/PsGetsid

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PsGetSid

Description

PsGetSid is part of the PsTools toolkit developed by Sysinternals. It translates SIDs to names and vice versa

Installation

PsGetSid is part of the PsTools suite. To install it, please refer to this section.

Usage

Syntax

Usage: psgetsid [\\computer[,computer2[,...] | @file] [-u Username [-p Password]]] [account | SID]

Options

-u

Specifies optional user name for login to remote computer.

-p

Specifies optional password for user name. If you omit this you will be prompted to enter a hidden password.

account

PsGetSid will report the SID for the specified user account rather than the computer.

SID

PsGetSid will report the account for the specified SID.

computer

Direct PsGetSid to perform the command on the remote computer or computers specified. If you omit the computer name PsGetSid runs the command on the local system, and if you specify a wildcard (\\*), PsGetSid runs the command on all computers in the current domain.

@file

PsGetSid will execute the command on each of the computers listed in the file.

Example

Remotely

C:\pstools>psgetsid \\192.168.1.27 -u pilou -p oopsoops

PsGetSid v1.44 - Translates SIDs to names and vice versa
Copyright (C) 1999-2008 Mark Russinovich
Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com

SID for \\192.168.1.27:
S-1-5-21-1801674531-1647877149-682003330

On the local machine directly

C:\pstools>psgetsid

PsGetSid v1.44 - Translates SIDs to names and vice versa
Copyright (C) 1999-2008 Mark Russinovich
Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com

SID for \\OZ-C06A6A6F2D3C:
S-1-5-21-1801674531-1647877149-682003330