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New to PS - Access Denied

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Hi all, literally my first day dipping in to PowerSHell. I have done ok so far, but i have hit a hurdle. In short I am currently trying to set all AD users account passwords to be set to expire in 90 days. I have been using this script however I keep getting access denied.
Other scripts have worked fine that are in the c:\ location. I am using Domain admin.
PS C:\WINDOWS> Import-Module activedirectory
$list = Import-CSV c:\passwordneverexpires.csv
forEach ($item in $list) {
$samAccountName = $item.samAccountName
Disable-ADAccount -Identity $samAccountName
}Import-CSV : Access to the path 'C:\passwordneverexpires.csv' is denied.
At line:3 char:9
+ $list = Import-CSV c:\passwordneverexpires.csv
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : OpenError: (:) [Import-Csv], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : FileOpenFailure,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportCsvCommandHOWEVER - other scripts/commands work, for example -
Import-Module activedirectory
$list = Import-CSV c:\disableusers.csv
forEach ($item in $list) {
$samAccountName = $item.samAccountName
Disable-ADAccount -Identity $samAccountName
}Friday, June 9, 2017 9:32 AM
Answers
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Hi,
seems you don't have rights to read this special csv file. Can you open it manually in explorer?
Best regards
Christoph
- Marked as answer by TheHunter85 Friday, June 9, 2017 11:10 AM
Friday, June 9, 2017 10:18 AM
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Hi,
seems you don't have rights to read this special csv file. Can you open it manually in explorer?
Best regards
Christoph
- Marked as answer by TheHunter85 Friday, June 9, 2017 11:10 AM
Friday, June 9, 2017 10:18 AM -
Hi Christoph
I made the file myself and can open and edit it in explorer, I will create a new one again. It is just really strange.
Any other suggestions?Friday, June 9, 2017 11:05 AM -
ok that is odd, i recreated the excel and all is working ... thanksFriday, June 9, 2017 11:10 AM
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It is likely that the old file was open in Excel.
\_(ツ)_/
Friday, June 9, 2017 5:46 PM