Journal #16

Posted 2024-03-01 · Updated 2024-06-01

Konnichiwa!

Wow, I started this issue in 2023-09-24, then updated it last sometime in 2023-10… – and then only again many months later, in March 2024!
Granted, I did forget about it a bit, but in reality, not much has happend, development-wise (or otherwise 😢 ) in the meantime.

So, I updated it with the few changes I did actually do in the last couple of days and will then publish it, before it gets too old.

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Powershell module saoe

Added Get-saoeDFSPath: Get the file server(s) behind DFS share(s)/directorie(s). (2023-09-21)
Added Split-saoeModule: Split the commands of a PowerShell module into separate files (see below).
Added Test-saoeADGroupNesting: Test, whether a certain AD group-nesting-combination is allowed.
Added Compare-saoeADGroupsOfUsers: Compare the group memberships of two AD user accounts.
Added Get-saoeComputerBootTime: Get the last boot time of the local computer.
Changed Repair-saoeACL: Reworked and added a few parameters.
Changed Get-saoeLastLogon: Added parameter -BadPassword to show logon attempts that failed due to bad/wrong passwords. Removed parameter -ShowDC; one can get the same info with the -Verbose parameter.

Details: Split-saoeModule

At my day job, I’ve inherited the maintenance work of a Powershell module, with 100+ functions in it, spread over ca. 10'000 lines in a single file.

The plan was to split this monolith into separate *.ps1-script files, for better maintainability: That way it should be easier to mull over the individual commands; to develop, experiment, test – or simply: maintain – them.

We use that process already for a newer module and therefore also have a helper function that will then combine these files again into a single *.psm1 module file (similar to what I do with my saoe module).

Based on https://stackoverflow.com/a/40267174

Interesting Videos

Value Oriented Programming Part 1: You Say You Want to Write a Function - Tony Van Eerd, CppNow 2023
Writing C++ to Be Read - Vincent Zalzal, CppNorth 2023

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