ConnectionOptions object

The ConnectionOptions object is passed to the CreateSession method to provide the user name and password associated with the local account on the remote computer. If no parameters are supplied, then the credentials of the account running the script are set to the default values.

Members

The ConnectionOptions object has these types of members:

Properties

The ConnectionOptions object has these properties.

Property Access type Description
Password
Write-only
Sets the password of a local or domain account on the remote computer.
UserName
Read/write
Sets and gets the user name of a local or domain account on the remote computer.

Remarks

The ConnectionOptions object corresponds to the IWSManConnectionOptions interface.

If a Windows Remote Management client application is running under impersonation, then a failure occurs if you set the Password property. A client application is a script or other program that sends a request to WinRM on the local or a remote computer. The client application may be running under impersonation because it called a function like ImpersonateClient. An Active Server Page (ASP) or service cannot request a user name and password if the ASP process runs under an account that impersonates a client.

The WSManFlagCredUserNamePassword flag should be set on the WSman.CreateSession call when using the UserName and Password for authentication.

Examples

The following VBScript code example shows how to create a ConnectionOptions object, set the properties for the account on the remote computer, and use it in creating a Session object.

Set objWsman = CreateObject( "Wsman.Automation" )
'Create ConnectionOptions object.
Set objConnectionOptions = objWsman.CreateConnectionOptions
objConnectionOptions.UserName = "johns "
objConnectionOptions.Password = "Dtf#4542?98"
iFlags = objWsman.SessionFlagUseBasic Or _
  objWsman.SessionFlagCredUserNamePassword
Set objSession = objWsman.CreateSession _
  ("https://172.30.168.2", iFlags, objConnectionOptions)
strResource = objSession.Get("winrm/config")

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client
Windows Vista
Minimum supported server
Windows Server 2008
Header
WSManDisp.h
IDL
WSManDisp.idl
Library
WSManDisp.tlb
DLL
WSMAuto.dll

See also

Authentication for Remote Connections

WinRM Scripting API

About Windows Remote Management

Using Windows Remote Management

Scripting in Windows Remote Management

Obtaining Data from the Local Computer

Obtaining Data from a Remote Computer