topic Re: Data ONTAP Proxy SecureString issue? in Microsoft Virtualization Discussions

Data ONTAP Proxy SecureString issue?

rbarker — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:00:30 GMT

So why is this C# code throwing Incorrect credentials when the same code logs me in via PowerShell.

PowerShell login using ConvertTo-SecureString:

Thanks,

Rob

Re: Data ONTAP Proxy SecureString issue?

rbarker — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:19:21 GMT

Just to be sure my PSCredential object is being set properly via SecureString I added the following code to unpack the SecureString and it is correct. The credentials are correct to log into the controller so not sure why my C# code is throwing this error. I call the below code with a MessageBox.Show(SecureStringToString(pwd)) and it shows the correct net@pp1.

static String SecureStringToString(SecureString value)

{

IntPtr bstr = Marshal.SecureStringToBSTR(value);

try

{

return Marshal.PtrToStringBSTR(bstr);

}

finally

{

Marshal.FreeBSTR(bstr);

}

Thanks,

Rob

Re: Data ONTAP Proxy SecureString issue?

rbarker — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 22:11:49 GMT

Answered my own question but definitely with a head scratch. Modified code below; the only difference in the code is that I am reading the 3 parameters (controller IP/name, login and password) into string variables then using the resulting stored strings in my calls and everything works no problem.

Proxy ontap = new Proxy();

string IP = textBox1.Text.ToString();

string login = textBox2.Text.ToString();

string password = textBox3.Text.ToString();

SecureString secpwd = new SecureString();

foreach (char c in password)

{

secpwd.AppendChar(c);

}

PSCredential Credential = new PSCredential(login, secpwd);

try

{

var controller = ontap.NaController.Connect(IP, null, Credential, commandSwitches:

NaController.ConnectAttributes.HTTPS |

NaController.ConnectAttributes.Transient).First();

MessageBox.Show("Success", "NetApp Proxy Manager", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information);

}

catch (Exception ex)

{

MessageBox.Show("Error: " + ex.Message, "NetApp Proxy Manager", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);

return;

}

Thanks,

Rob