ConvertFrom-SecureString is broken on Linux #1654
Description
Steps to reproduce
- Install PowerShell on Ubuntu 14.04
- Launch PowerShell
- Run the following:
$password = Convertto-Securestring -String "PowerShellRocks!" -AsPlainText -Force
ConvertFrom-SecureString $password Expected behavior
No error
Actual behavior
The following error is thrown
PS /home/chythu/temp> ConvertFrom-SecureString $password ConvertFrom-SecureString : Unable to load DLL 'CRYPT32.dll': The specified
module could not be found.
(Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E)
At line:1 char:1
- ConvertFrom-SecureString $password
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [ConvertFrom-SecureString], Dl
lNotFoundException
- FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.DllNotFoundException,Microsoft.PowerShell
.Commands.ConvertFromSecureStringCommand
Environment data
Name Value
---
PSVersion 5.1.10032.0
PSEdition PowerShellCore
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion 3.0.0.0
GitCommitId v6.0.0-alpha.7
CLRVersion
WSManStackVersion 3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
Updates by @TravisEz13 on 2016-04-10
Environment data
> $PSVersionTable
Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 6.0.2
PSEdition Core
GitCommitId v6.0.2
OS Darwin 17.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 17.5.0: M...
Platform Unix
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion 3.0
Workaround
The following works
# you should generate your own key
$Key = (3,4,2,3,56,34,254,222,1,1,2,23,42,54,33,233,1,34,2,7,6,5,35,43)
$s | ConvertFrom-SecureString -Key $Key