List users in local administrators group on remote machine Nick 10/10/2008 3:59:01 PM Hi, I am looking to manage all desktops on our network with regard to the local administrators group. There are several things I am looking to accomplish: 1. list all users (domain and local) in local administrators group on multiple remote computers 2. remove user from local administrators group on remote computer 3. add domain user account to local administrators group on remote computer 4. remove local user account from remote computer 5. Report on current members of the local administrators group. Any assistance you can provide would be greatly appreciated. We have .Net software if that would be the best way to tackle this but I am not sure which way to go. Thanks! Nick

Re: List users in local administrators group on remote machine "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I.can[ at ]fly.com.oz> 10/10/2008 4:49:49 PM "Nick" <Nick[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0E9F1D7C-E802-4E55-9935-AEF28B15E8EC[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Hi, > > I am looking to manage all desktops on our network with regard to the > local > administrators group. There are several things I am looking to > accomplish: > > 1. list all users (domain and local) in local administrators group on > multiple remote computers > 2. remove user from local administrators group on remote computer > 3. add domain user account to local administrators group on remote > computer > 4. remove local user account from remote computer > 5. Report on current members of the local administrators group. > > Any assistance you can provide would be greatly appreciated. > We have .Net software if that would be the best way to tackle this but I > am > not sure which way to go. > > Thanks! > Nick You could do the whole lot with the inbuilt net.exe command: 1. net localgroup administrators 2. net localgroup administrators nick /delete 3. net localgroup administrators Domainname\nick /add 4. net user %ComputerName%\nick /delete 5. Same as 1. above. To run the commands on a remote computer, put them into a batch file, then invoke the batch file with psexec.exe (www.sysinternals.com) under your domain admin account.

Re: List users in local administrators group on remote machine "Richard Mueller [MVP]" <rlmueller-nospam[ at ]ameritech.nospam.net> 10/10/2008 5:04:32 PM Nick wrote: [Quoted Text] > > I am looking to manage all desktops on our network with regard to the > local > administrators group. There are several things I am looking to > accomplish: > > 1. list all users (domain and local) in local administrators group on > multiple remote computers > 2. remove user from local administrators group on remote computer > 3. add domain user account to local administrators group on remote > computer > 4. remove local user account from remote computer > 5. Report on current members of the local administrators group. > > Any assistance you can provide would be greatly appreciated. > We have .Net software if that would be the best way to tackle this but I > am > not sure which way to go. I have an example VBScript program that enumerates all members of local Administrators group linked here: http://www.rlmueller.net/Enumerate%20Local%20Group.htm The program handles membership due to nested local and domain groups. In VBScript you use the WinNT provider with local objects. To add and/or remove users (or groups) from a local group use code similar to below. With the steps that check for direct membership (does not reveal membership due to group nesting), you may not need to enumerate membership: ========= ' Specify NetBIOS name of computer. strComputer = "Test001" ' Specify NetBIOS name of domain. strDomain = "MyDomain" ' Bind to local Administrators group on remove computer. Set objGroup = GetObject("WinNT://" & strComputer & "/Administrators,group") ' Add a local user to the group. ' Check first if they are already a direct member. Set objLocalUser = GetObject("WinNT://" & strComputer" & "/JimSmith,user") If (objGroup.IsMember(objLocalUser.AdsPath) = False) Then objGroup.Add objLocalUser.AdsPath End If ' Add a domain user to the group. ' Check first if they are already a direct member. Set objDomainUser = GetObject("WinNT://" & strDomain & "/JimSmith,user") If objGroup.IsMember(objDomainUser.AdsPath) = False) Then objGroup.Add objDomainUser.AdsPath End If ' Remove local user from group. ' Check first that they are a direct member. Set objLocalUser = GetObject("WinNT://" & strComputer" & "/RogerJones,user") If (objGroup.IsMember(objLocalUser.AdsPath) = True) Then objGroup.Remove objLocalUser.AdsPath End If ' Remove domain user from group. Set objDomainUser = GetObject("WinNT://" & strDomain & "/RogerJones,user") ' Check first that they are a direct member. If objGroup.IsMember(objDomainUser.AdsPath) = True) Then objGroup.Remove objDomainUser.AdsPath End If ========== All of this can be one remotely, as long as your account is a member of the local Administrators group. By default the group Domain Admins is a member of the local Adminstrators group when the computer is joined to the domain. You can read NetBIOS computer names from a text file and code similar to above in a loop. In brief: ========= Const ForReading = 1 ' Specify text file of NetBIOS names of computers. strFile = "c:\Scripts\Computers.txt" ' Open file for read access. Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set objFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(strFile, ForReading) ' Read names from file. Do Until objFile.AtEndOfStream strComputer = Trim(objFile.ReadLine) ' Skip blank lines. If (strComputer <> "") Then ' Process this computer. ' ... End If Loop ' Clean up. objFile.Close -- Richard Mueller MVP Directory Services Hilltop Lab - http://www.rlmueller.net --

Re: List users in local administrators group on remote machine Nick 10/10/2008 5:14:01 PM Pegasus, Thank you very much for your quick reply. I am new at this so can you give me a short example of the command to use on remote machine with psexec.exe? So if I understand I keep the PSEXEC.EXE on my machine and create a .bat file and copy it to the remote machines and execute with PSEXEC.EXE. Thanks, Nick "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: [Quoted Text] > > "Nick" <Nick[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:0E9F1D7C-E802-4E55-9935-AEF28B15E8EC[ at ]microsoft.com... > > Hi, > > > > I am looking to manage all desktops on our network with regard to the > > local > > administrators group. There are several things I am looking to > > accomplish: > > > > 1. list all users (domain and local) in local administrators group on > > multiple remote computers > > 2. remove user from local administrators group on remote computer > > 3. add domain user account to local administrators group on remote > > computer > > 4. remove local user account from remote computer > > 5. Report on current members of the local administrators group. > > > > Any assistance you can provide would be greatly appreciated. > > We have .Net software if that would be the best way to tackle this but I > > am > > not sure which way to go. > > > > Thanks! > > Nick > > You could do the whole lot with the inbuilt net.exe command: > 1. net localgroup administrators > 2. net localgroup administrators nick /delete > 3. net localgroup administrators Domainname\nick /add > 4. net user %ComputerName%\nick /delete > 5. Same as 1. above. > > To run the commands on a remote computer, put them into a batch file, then > invoke the batch file with psexec.exe (www.sysinternals.com) under your > domain admin account. > > >

Re: List users in local administrators group on remote machine "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I.can[ at ]fly.com.oz> 10/10/2008 6:14:07 PM Have a look at the ouput from "psexec.exe /?". It tells you everything you need to know! Here is a simple example, taken straight from that screen. It relies on you keeping your batch file in a central location, which is much simpler than copying it to all machines. psexe.exe \\SomePC -u DomainName\Nick -p NicksPassword \\YourServer\SomeShare\SomeFolder\YourBatchfile.bat If you want psexec.exe to deal with several machines then you should have a look at the "[ at ]file" parameter of psexec.exe. "Nick" <Nick[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:AF88B727-7B15-4C26-8A2E-F3CF009ADA24[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Pegasus, > > Thank you very much for your quick reply. I am new at this so can you > give > me a short example of the command to use on remote machine with > psexec.exe? > So if I understand I keep the PSEXEC.EXE on my machine and create a .bat > file > and copy it to the remote machines and execute with PSEXEC.EXE. > > Thanks, > Nick > > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > >> >> "Nick" <Nick[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:0E9F1D7C-E802-4E55-9935-AEF28B15E8EC[ at ]microsoft.com... >> > Hi, >> > >> > I am looking to manage all desktops on our network with regard to the >> > local >> > administrators group. There are several things I am looking to >> > accomplish: >> > >> > 1. list all users (domain and local) in local administrators group on >> > multiple remote computers >> > 2. remove user from local administrators group on remote computer >> > 3. add domain user account to local administrators group on remote >> > computer >> > 4. remove local user account from remote computer >> > 5. Report on current members of the local administrators group. >> > >> > Any assistance you can provide would be greatly appreciated. >> > We have .Net software if that would be the best way to tackle this but >> > I >> > am >> > not sure which way to go. >> > >> > Thanks! >> > Nick >> >> You could do the whole lot with the inbuilt net.exe command: >> 1. net localgroup administrators >> 2. net localgroup administrators nick /delete >> 3. net localgroup administrators Domainname\nick /add >> 4. net user %ComputerName%\nick /delete >> 5. Same as 1. above. >> >> To run the commands on a remote computer, put them into a batch file, >> then >> invoke the batch file with psexec.exe (www.sysinternals.com) under your >> domain admin account. >> >> >>

Re: List users in local administrators group on remote machine Nick 10/10/2008 7:01:01 PM Thanks!!! That's great. I appreciate your help. "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Have a look at the ouput from "psexec.exe /?". It tells you everything you > need to know! Here is a simple example, taken straight from that screen. It > relies on you keeping your batch file in a central location, which is much > simpler than copying it to all machines. > > psexe.exe \\SomePC -u DomainName\Nick -p NicksPassword > \\YourServer\SomeShare\SomeFolder\YourBatchfile.bat > > If you want psexec.exe to deal with several machines then you should have a > look at the "[ at ]file" parameter of psexec.exe. > > > "Nick" <Nick[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:AF88B727-7B15-4C26-8A2E-F3CF009ADA24[ at ]microsoft.com... > > Pegasus, > > > > Thank you very much for your quick reply. I am new at this so can you > > give > > me a short example of the command to use on remote machine with > > psexec.exe? > > So if I understand I keep the PSEXEC.EXE on my machine and create a .bat > > file > > and copy it to the remote machines and execute with PSEXEC.EXE. > > > > Thanks, > > Nick > > > > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > > > >> > >> "Nick" <Nick[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >> news:0E9F1D7C-E802-4E55-9935-AEF28B15E8EC[ at ]microsoft.com... > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > I am looking to manage all desktops on our network with regard to the > >> > local > >> > administrators group. There are several things I am looking to > >> > accomplish: > >> > > >> > 1. list all users (domain and local) in local administrators group on > >> > multiple remote computers > >> > 2. remove user from local administrators group on remote computer > >> > 3. add domain user account to local administrators group on remote > >> > computer > >> > 4. remove local user account from remote computer > >> > 5. Report on current members of the local administrators group. > >> > > >> > Any assistance you can provide would be greatly appreciated. > >> > We have .Net software if that would be the best way to tackle this but > >> > I > >> > am > >> > not sure which way to go. > >> > > >> > Thanks! > >> > Nick > >> > >> You could do the whole lot with the inbuilt net.exe command: > >> 1. net localgroup administrators > >> 2. net localgroup administrators nick /delete > >> 3. net localgroup administrators Domainname\nick /add > >> 4. net user %ComputerName%\nick /delete > >> 5. Same as 1. above. > >> > >> To run the commands on a remote computer, put them into a batch file, > >> then > >> invoke the batch file with psexec.exe (www.sysinternals.com) under your > >> domain admin account. > >> > >> > >> > > >