IIS app pool identity is entered incorrectly from powershell script

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I'm writing a powershell script to install my application and configure the web application identity for a specific user.

The code i'm using is:

    $pool.processModel.identityType = 3
    $AppPoolUsername = Read-Host "User name(domain\username)"
    $AppPoolPassword = Read-Host "Password" -AsSecureString
    $pool.processModel.userName = [string]$AppPoolUsername`enter code here`
    $pool.processModel.password = [string]$AppPoolPassword

After I ran the script I ran the application and the App Pool is stopped. If i will manually enter the app pool identity it will not stopped and the web application will work.

I tried to convert the password from a securestring to a regular string with no success with this code:

    $AppPoolPassword = Read-Host -Prompt "Password" -AsSecureString
    $pool.processModel.userName = [string]$AppPoolUsername
    $pool.processModel.password = ConvertFrom-SecureString -SecureString $AppPoolPassword

I get "01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb010000006876492ae8edf3429d809bb3ca213d910000000002000000000003660000c000000010000000ebd2f4fc7a59a92ad8cb2c4 9b99498fc0000000004800000a0000000100000007ffdc206c4eeb7c67237d24e575f86ff08000000fe8c91a31879d93014000000fee1ff6c8aa4fe66e9debe245e7ea3fd26fc823a" when checking the app pool password.

Is that right or should i get the regular string i input?

Am I at the right direction?

asked 1 min ago

chen

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IIS app pool identity is entered incorrectly from powershell script