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Find SID of an Account –

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Current Logged-in User

Open the Command Prompt or PowerShell and type:

cmd

whoami /user

Use code with caution.

Specific User Account

To look up the SID for a specific local user account by name, run HotDocs Hub Admin Guide:

cmd

wmic useraccount where name="username" get sid

Use code with caution.

(Replace username with the actual account name) [1]

All User Accounts

To list every user account and its corresponding SID on the system:

cmd

wmic useraccount get name,sid

Use code with caution.

PowerShell Alternative

To retrieve SIDs using PowerShell:

  • Current user:powershell[System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent().User.Value Use code with caution.
  • Active Directory user (if the AD module is loaded):powershell(Get-ADUser -Identity "username").SID.Value Use code with caution.