PowerShell 7.3 - How to create and use secure strings with ConvertFrom-SecureString in a script?
I'm performance testing and I'm confused about I'm trying to figure out I'm working on a project and hit a roadblock... I'm trying to store sensitive information securely in a PowerShell script using `ConvertFrom-SecureString`. However, I'm running into issues when I attempt to use the stored secure string later in my script. When I save the secure string to a file and then try to read it back, I get an behavior saying `ConvertTo-SecureString : want to convert to a SecureString because the provided string is not a valid encrypted string`. I have tried the following code snippets: To create and save the secure string: ```powershell $secureString = Read-Host -Prompt 'Enter your password' -AsSecureString $secureString | ConvertFrom-SecureString | Set-Content -Path 'C:\path\to\securestring.txt' ``` Then, I read it back and try to convert it: ```powershell $encryptedString = Get-Content -Path 'C:\path\to\securestring.txt' $secureStringFromFile = ConvertTo-SecureString $encryptedString ``` I'm running this on PowerShell 7.3 on a Windows 10 machine. I've also checked that the file is not corrupted and contains valid text. What could I be doing wrong? Is there a specific method to make sure the secure strings can be reused across script runs without working with this scenario? Any guidance on best practices for handling secure strings in PowerShell would be greatly appreciated. My development environment is Linux. Any help would be greatly appreciated! I'd love to hear your thoughts on this. I recently upgraded to Powershell LTS. Could this be a known issue? The project is a web app built with Powershell. I'd really appreciate any guidance on this.