SharePoint 2010 Claims to Classic PowerShell help
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09-12-2019 - |
Question
I have a client requirement to move from Classic to Claims. I'm currently utilizing some PowerShell from http://derekmartin.org/archives/701
$webApp =
$farm = get-SPFarm
$wa = get-SPWebApplication $webApp
$site = get-SPSite $webApp
$web = $site.OpenWeb()
foreach ($user in $web.AllUsers) {
$newuser = $user
$newuserLoginName = “”
write-host($user.LoginName)
if ($newuser.LoginName.StartsWith(“i:0#.w|”))
{
! $newuserLoginName = $user.LoginName.Substring(7)
}
$user = $newuser
$farm.MigrateUserAccount($user.LoginName, $newuserLoginName, $false)
}
Unfortunately every time I try to run it I get the following
Invalid assignment expression. The left hand side of an assignment operator needs to be something that can be assigned to like a variable or a property. At C:\Users\user\Desktop\claims.ps1:12 char:22 + ! $newuserLoginName = <<<< $user.LoginName.Substring(7) + CategoryInfo : ParserError: (:) [], ParseException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidLeftHandSide
Any idea on what could be wrong?
Thanks!
Sorry forgot to paste the script in question in originally!
Solution
I may be wrong but I suppose that the exclamation mark on the
!$newuserLoginName = $user.LoginName.Substring(7)
line should just be a refuse (or at last it doesn't match any syntax I am aware of).
If you are on a test environment or are otherwise sure that you won't damage your system with a wrong comand, I would try to replace the if with:
if ($newuser.LoginName.StartsWith(“i:0#.w|”))
{
$newuserLoginName = $user.LoginName.Substring(7)
}
The if should simply remove the "claim specific part" from the login name, so I would assume the original blog post intended it this way.
That said, know that I have never done this before and are only trying to spot an error in the powershell code. I don't know if that code will actually do what promised, so use that at your risk (or wait some more expert other user to confirm the behaviour).