OrphanedSid

Finds orphaned SIDs in Active Directory ACLs, removes them with a backup of every ACL it touches, and restores an ACL from that backup

Minimum PowerShell version

5.1

Installation Options

Owners

• fadwen

Copyright

(c) 2026 Jeffrey Stuhr. All rights reserved.

Package Details

FileList

• OrphanedSid.nuspec
• CHANGELOG.md
• Private\ACL\Get-ACLForRemoval.ps1
• Private\FileSystem\Get-SafeFileName.ps1
• Private\Security\Get-SecurityDescriptor.ps1
• LICENSE
• Private\ACL\Invoke-SIDRemoval.ps1
• Private\FileSystem\Initialize-LogDirectory.ps1
• Private\Security\Invoke-RemovalVerification.ps1
• Private\ACL\Set-ModifiedACL.ps1
• Private\FileSystem\Test-DirectoryAccess.ps1
• Private\Security\Invoke-SecurityValidation.ps1
• OrphanedSid.psd1
• Private\ActiveDirectory\Get-ADObjectFromSearchBase.ps1
• Private\Logging\Format-LogMessage.ps1
• Private\Security\Test-PathTraversal.ps1
• OrphanedSid.psm1
• Private\ActiveDirectory\Get-ADObjectsSequential.ps1
• Private\Logging\Initialize-LoggingConfiguration.ps1
• Private\SID\Get-SIDAnalysis.ps1
• README.md
• Private\ActiveDirectory\Invoke-ADOperationWithRetry.ps1
• Private\Logging\Initialize-LoggingSystem.ps1
• Private\SID\Invoke-SIDProcessing.ps1
• Classes\MemoryManager.ps1
• Private\ActiveDirectory\Test-ValidDistinguishedName.ps1
• Private\Logging\Protect-LogMessage.ps1
• Private\SID\New-SIDResult.ps1
• Classes\OrphanedSIDResult.ps1
• Private\Backup\Find-BackupFile.ps1
• Private\Logging\Write-ADOperationSecurityLog.ps1
• Private\SID\Resolve-SIDIdentity.ps1
• Classes\ProcessingStatistics.ps1
• Private\Backup\Get-BackupFileMetadata.ps1
• Private\Logging\Write-RemovalSecurityLog.ps1
• Private\SID\Test-OrphanedSID.ps1
• Classes\RemovalOperationResult.ps1
• Private\Backup\Invoke-RestoreWorkflow.ps1
• Private\Logging\Write-SecurityLog.ps1
• Private\SID\Test-SIDFormat.ps1
• Classes\RestoreOperationResult.ps1
• Private\Backup\New-ACLBackup.ps1
• Private\Logging\Write-SecurityLogEvent.ps1
• Private\SID\Test-SIDSecurity.ps1
• Classes\ScriptConfiguration.ps1
• Private\Backup\Restore-ACLOperation.ps1
• Private\Logging\Write-SecurityStructuredLogEntry.ps1
• Private\System\Get-MemoryStatistics.ps1
• Classes\SecurityValidationResult.ps1
• Private\Backup\Test-BackupValidation.ps1
• Private\Logging\Write-StructuredLog.ps1
• Private\System\Initialize-MemoryManager.ps1
• Classes\SIDAnalysisResult.ps1
• Private\Core\Initialize-ScriptExecution.ps1
• Private\Logging\Write-StructuredLogEntry.ps1
• Private\System\Invoke-GarbageCollection.ps1
• Classes\StreamingResultsManager.ps1
• Private\Core\Invoke-MainProcessingLogic.ps1
• Private\Operations\Invoke-OperationWithRetry.ps1
• Private\System\Invoke-MemoryMonitoring.ps1
• en-US\about_OrphanedSid.help.txt
• Private\Core\Remove-OrphanedSidEntry.ps1
• Private\Operations\Invoke-RemovalWorkflow.ps1
• Private\System\Invoke-ResourceDisposal.ps1
• en-US\OrphanedSid-Help.xml
• Private\Core\Start-OrchestrationWorkflow.ps1
• Private\Reporting\Export-DiagnosticData.ps1
• Private\Utilities\Get-StringHash.ps1
• Public\Find-OrphanedSid.ps1
• Private\Core\Start-OrphanedSidSession.ps1
• Private\Reporting\Get-LogFileSummary.ps1
• Private\Utilities\Test-BackupFileIntegrity.ps1
• Public\Remove-OrphanedSid.ps1
• Private\Core\Stop-OrphanedSidSession.ps1
• Private\Reporting\Write-ProcessingSummary.ps1
• Private\Utilities\Test-BackupSignature.ps1
• Public\Restore-OrphanedSidBackup.ps1

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