Greetings all,
Am writing my first powershell script and have run into the problem of script signing on my lab box (Windows 2008R2). Looking for guidance on how to get this working.
The commands work individually but when I put them into 'first.ps1' file and try to execute it I get the following message.
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PS C:\Users\mrinal\Documents\powershell> .\first.ps1
File C:\Users\mrinal\Documents\powershell\first.ps1 cannot be loaded because the execution of scripts is disabled on th
is system. Please see "get-help about_signing" for more details.
At line:1 char:12
+ .\first.ps1 <<<<
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], PSSecurityException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : RuntimeException
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Based on the suggestion of 'get-help about_singning' I issue the following command
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PS C:\Users\mrinal\Documents\powershell> set-executionpolicy remotesigned
Execution Policy Change
The execution policy helps protect you from scripts that you do not trust. Changing the execution policy might expose
you to the security risks described in the about_Execution_Policies help topic. Do you want to change the execution
policy?
[Y] Yes [N] No [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is "Y"): yes
Set-ExecutionPolicy : Access to the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PowerShell\1\ShellIds\Microsoft
.PowerShell' is denied.
At line:1 char:20
+ set-executionpolicy <<<< remotesigned
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Set-ExecutionPolicy], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.UnauthorizedAccessException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SetExecutionPolicyComma
nd
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Using 'regedit' I can see that as a Domain Admin account I have access to the key path.
