FLOW DESIGNER - POWERSHELL ERROR - User credentials cannot be used for local connections

[redth]

Hi,

I received the below error while executing the PowerShell script.

User credentials cannot be used for local connections

Please let me know what needs to be done.

[Melker]

Hi

Yes, I found a solution for this.
run the host as 127.0.0.1

Then it don't run the authentication against Mid server.
But the Powershell command required -Credential $Cred or other way to input the credentials 

Found some where the command doesn't support it so then you need to build a function around it.

Support and Troubleshooting - How custom PowerShell activity works (servicenow.com)
Hope it helps

[redth]

Thanks for the info.

Were you using workflow editor or flow designer? Also, Can you please share the changes (the function used) you did for powershell script?

[Melker]

Hi

I'm doing in the Flow designer.

This I put in the functions, can be used as is to

$PSS = New-PSSession -ComputerName . -Credential $Cred
$Output = Invoke-Command -Session $PSS -ScriptBlock {

#Do stuff here

whoami

}
$Output 

[Nayan Mahato]

This is because you cannot discover the server itself using credentials. Power-shell will not accept it and will throw a warning saying credentials cannot be used to local connections.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><results probe_time="6828" result_code="0"><result><Warning>User credentials cannot be used for local connections </Warning><Warning>User credentials cannot be used for local connections </Warning><Warning>User credentials cannot be used for local connections </Warning><Warning>User credentials cannot be used for local connections </Warning><Warning>User credentials cannot be used for local connections </Warning><Warning>User credentials cannot be used for local connections </Warning><Warning>User credentials cannot be used for local connections </Warning><Warning>User credentials cannot be used for local connections </Warning><Warning>User credentials cannot be used for local

 Try to discover by using another mid server or You can Update the credentials to run the service account similar to discovery_credentials

It will always use the credentials the mid server service is running with when you discover itself.

Regards,

Nayan

[Rustam Shaikh]

Thank You Nayan! The information provided really helps!