When using using my secret server powershell functions I got tired of constantly searching for secret ID’s. I had to do a new search just because I could not remember the ID’s. So I added some kind of MRU to my get-secretID function. This code block creates to classes mruitem and mrulist. The mrulist has three functions. Updatelist: Check if the ID already is in the list , if so update last used time. If it is not in the list , add it. Also remove oldest item if list is longer then max size. Savelist: saves the list to mru file. Loadlist : Load old list from file. Script also uses a global variable name ssmru. The global variable is declared in the powershell profile as $ssmru = “<filepath to mru list>”. I use a file because I want this MRU to stay persistent during a reboot.<\/p>\n
\r\n# MRU list and item class \r\nclass mruitem{\r\n[string]$ssid\r\n[string]$name\r\n[datetime]$lastuseddate\r\n\r\nmruitem([string]$ssid,[string]$name,[datetime]$lastuseddate)\r\n{\r\n$this.ssid=$ssid\r\n$this.lastuseddate=$lastuseddate\r\n$this.name=$name\r\n}\r\n}\r\n\r\nclass mrulist: System.Collections.ArrayList {\r\n\r\n[int]$MaxSize = 15\r\n\r\nupdatelist([mruitem]$item){\r\n$pos=$null\r\nif($this.count -gt 0){\r\nif($this.ssid.contains($item.ssid)){\r\n$pos=$this.ssid.indexof($item.ssid)\r\n}\r\nelse {$pos=$null}\r\n\r\nif($pos){\r\n$this[$pos].lastuseddate=$item.lastuseddate\r\n$this[$pos].name=$item.name\r\n}else{ #Add new\r\n$this.add($item)\r\n}\r\n}else {\r\n$this.add($item)\r\n}\r\nif($this.count -gt $this.MaxSize){\r\n#delete oldest\r\n$new = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList\r\n$new=($this| Sort-Object -Property lastuseddate )\r\n$ssid=$new[0].ssid\r\n$ssid\r\n$pos=$this.ssid.indexof($ssid)\r\n$this.RemoveAt($pos)\r\n$new=$null\r\n}\r\n}\r\n\r\nloadlist(){\r\nif(Test-Path $global:ssmru){\r\n$data=(Get-Content -Path $global:ssmru -Encoding Unicode)|ConvertFrom-Json\r\nforeach($mru in $data){\r\n$this.updatelist([mruitem]::new($mru.ssid,$mru.name,$mru.lastuseddate))\r\n}\r\n}\r\n}\r\n\r\nsavelist(){\r\n$data=$this|ConvertTo-Json\r\n$data|out-file -FilePath $global:ssmru -Encoding unicode\r\n}\r\n}\r\n\r\n$mrulist=New-Object -typename mrulist\r\n$mrulist.loadlist()\r\nif($mru){\r\n$mrulist | Sort-Object -Property lastuseddate\r\nreturn\r\n}\r\n<\/pre>\nFor those interested , here is the updated version of get-secretID<\/p>\n
\r\nfunction Get-SecretID\r\n{\r\nparam(\r\n[parameter(ValueFromPipeline=$True)]\r\n[int] $secretID,\r\n[pscredential]$sscred,\r\n[switch]$Cleartext,\r\n[switch]$mru\r\n)\r\nif(!($secretID)){$mru=$true}\r\n\r\n# MRU list and item class\r\nclass mruitem{\r\n[string]$ssid\r\n[string]$name\r\n[datetime]$lastuseddate\r\n\r\nmruitem([string]$ssid,[string]$name,[datetime]$lastuseddate)\r\n{\r\n$this.ssid=$ssid\r\n$this.lastuseddate=$lastuseddate\r\n$this.name=$name\r\n}\r\n}\r\n\r\nclass mrulist: System.Collections.ArrayList {\r\n\r\n[int]$MaxSize = 15\r\n\r\nupdatelist([mruitem]$item){\r\n$pos=$null\r\nif($this.count -gt 0){\r\nif($this.ssid.contains($item.ssid)){\r\n$pos=$this.ssid.indexof($item.ssid)\r\n}\r\nelse {$pos=$null}\r\n\r\nif($pos){\r\n$this[$pos].lastuseddate=$item.lastuseddate\r\n$this[$pos].name=$item.name\r\n}else{ #Add new\r\n$this.add($item)\r\n}\r\n}else {\r\n$this.add($item)\r\n}\r\nif($this.count -gt $this.MaxSize){\r\n#delete oldest\r\n$new = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList\r\n$new=($this| Sort-Object -Property lastuseddate )\r\n$ssid=$new[0].ssid\r\n$ssid\r\n$pos=$this.ssid.indexof($ssid)\r\n$this.RemoveAt($pos)\r\n$new=$null\r\n}\r\n}\r\n\r\nloadlist(){\r\nif(Test-Path $global:ssmru){\r\n$data=(Get-Content -Path $global:ssmru -Encoding Unicode)|ConvertFrom-Json\r\nforeach($mru in $data){\r\n$this.updatelist([mruitem]::new($mru.ssid,$mru.name,$mru.lastuseddate))\r\n}\r\n}\r\n}\r\n\r\nsavelist(){\r\n$data=$this|ConvertTo-Json\r\n$data|out-file -FilePath $global:ssmru -Encoding unicode\r\n}\r\n}\r\n\r\n$mrulist=New-Object -typename mrulist\r\n$mrulist.loadlist()\r\nif($mru){\r\n$mrulist | Sort-Object -Property lastuseddate\r\nreturn\r\n}\r\n\r\n$where = 'https:\/\/<Server FQDN>\/secretserver\/winauthwebservices\/sswinauthwebservice.asmx'\r\n\r\nif($sscred -ne $null){\r\ntry{\r\n$ws = New-WebServiceProxy -uri $where -Credential $sscred\r\n}\r\ncatch{\r\nWrite-host "Error: Error connecting to secret server."\r\nreturn $null\r\n}\r\n}else{\r\n\r\ntry{\r\n$ws = New-WebServiceProxy -uri $where -UseDefaultCredential -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue\r\nif($ws -eq $null){\r\nif (!(Test-Path Variable:\\ssadmin)){\r\nthrow {\r\nWrite-host "No secretserver admin specified or variable 'ssadmin' defined.`nThis is to be used by 'get-storedcredential'"\r\n}\r\n}\r\n$adminacc=Get-StoredCredential -UserName $ssadmin\r\n$ws = New-WebServiceProxy -uri $where -Credential $adminacc -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue\r\nif($ws -eq $null){throw{Write-host "Unable to connect to SecretServer"}}\r\n}\r\n}\r\ncatch{\r\nWrite-host "Error connecting to SecretServer"\r\nreturn $null\r\n}\r\n}\r\n\r\n$wsResult = $ws.GetSecret($secretId, $false, $null)\r\nif($wsresult.errors -ne $null){\r\n$Cred=New-Object PSObject\r\n$Cred | add-member -NotePropertyName "Username" -NotePropertyValue $wsresult.errors\r\n$Cred | Add-Member -NotePropertyName "Password" -NotePropertyValue $wsresult.errors\r\n\r\nreturn $Cred\r\n} else {\r\n\r\n$u=$wsResult.Secret.Items[1].value.ToString()\r\n$ep = ConvertTo-SecureString $wsResult.Secret.Items[2].value.ToString() -AsPlainText -Force\r\n[pscredential]$Cred = New-Object -TypeName "System.Management.Automation.PSCredential" -ArgumentList $u,$ep\r\nif($Cleartext){\r\n[psobject]$Cred=New-Object PSObject\r\n$Cred | add-member -NotePropertyName "Username" -NotePropertyValue $u\r\n$Cred | Add-Member -NotePropertyName "Password" -NotePropertyValue $wsResult.Secret.Items[2].value.ToString()\r\n$Cred | Add-Member -NotePropertyName "Domain" -NotePropertyValue $wsResult.Secret.Items[0].value.ToString()\r\n}\r\n$mrulist.updatelist([mruitem]::new($secretID,$u,(get-date)))\r\n$mrulist.savelist()\r\nreturn $Cred\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When using using my secret server powershell functions I got tired of constantly searching for secret ID’s. I had to do a new search just because I could not remember the ID’s. So I added some kind of MRU to my get-secretID function. This code block creates to classes mruitem and mrulist. The mrulist has … Continue reading Simple Powershell MRU list<\/span>