convertto-securestring will fail on Ubuntu 16x64 for v6.0.0-alpha.16 Release

Steps to reproduce

PS /> $password='abcdef'
PS /> $PWord = convertto-securestring $password -asplaintext -force

Expected behavior

No error

Actual behavior

Unable to find the specified file.
At line:1 char:1

$PWord = convertto-securestring $password -asplaintext -force

  + CategoryInfo          : OperationStopped: (:) [], FileNotFoundException
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.IO.FileNotFoundException

Environment data

PS /> $PSVersionTable

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      6.0.0-alpha
PSEdition                      Core
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion                   3.0.0.0
GitCommitId                    v6.0.0-alpha.16
CLRVersion
WSManStackVersion              3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1

SecureString type doesn't exist in CoreCLR yet

So we can not use securestring any more from now on?
I used below command, and what should I replace these command for latest build? thanks

$PWord = convertto-securestring $password -asplaintext -force
$cred = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $User,$PWord

Steve Lee (@SteveL-MSFT)

Steve Lee (@SteveL-MSFT) but it still exist in https://github.com/dotnet/coreclr/blob/master/src/mscorlib/corefx/System/Security/SecureString.cs

Looks like CoreFx already did the work https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/13062 and we just need to consume it

Not getting the exception on alpha.17

PS /home/steve> $password='abcdef'                                                        
PS /home/steve> $PWord = convertto-securestring $password -asplaintext -force             
PS /home/steve> $pword                                                                    
System.Security.SecureString

We have a separate issue to actually use the .Net SecureString implementation: #3228

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convertto-securestring will fail on Ubuntu 16x64 for v6.0.0-alpha.16 Release #3198

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