Test for Localhost in Powershell?

Question

I have a powershell script that calls Get-WmiObject with -Credential. However, this errors out if I am running it against the local machine:

Get-WmiObject : User credentials cannot be used for local connections

What is the proper way to add an if localhost logic to avoid this error? Or is there a better way?

@Christopher: By IP (10.x.x.x), don't have much control over that as an application runs it. — Kyle Brandt, Aug 09 '11 at 20:20

MDMarra · Answer 1 · 2011-08-09T20:41:50.690

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You could always query the local IP through WMI and store it in $localIP and then match that against whatever address is currently next in your pipeline or array:

if ($localIP -eq $otherIP) { get-wmiobject without -credential }    
else { existing query }

edited Aug 09 '11 at 20:41

answered Aug 09 '11 at 20:36

MDMarra

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 09 '11 at 20:58

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If you wrap it in a try catch block with erroraction stop on the first command, it will trap the error and run the catch block without credentials.

Try
{
Get-WmiObject -Credential domain\user -ComputerName localhost -class Win32_BIOS -erroraction Stop
}
Catch
{
Get-WmiObject -ComputerName localhost -class Win32_BIOS
}

answered Aug 09 '11 at 20:58

Christopher

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Does PS allow me to catch a particular Exception for the error I am getting? – Kyle Brandt Aug 09 '11 at 22:58
If you know the .NET Exception class you can do it like this... catch [System.Net.SomeWMIExceptionClass] { code goes here } – Christopher Aug 09 '11 at 23:06
I am wrong. Per this question http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3097785/powershell-ioexception-try-catch-isnt-working and some testing I did, PowerShell wraps the exception so you cannot catch specific errors. – Christopher Aug 10 '11 at 15:03

Test for Localhost in Powershell?

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