This scripts shows how to add a user to a local group on a machine.

VBScript Example

function add_to_local_group( machine, account, local_group_name ) 
	set object_to_add = GetObject("WinNT://" & account )
	set local_group = GetObject("WinNT://" & machine & "/" + local_group_name & ",group")
	local_group.Add( object_to_add.AdsPath )
end function

this_machine = "."
domain_account = "woodgrove/kevinp" ' Information about the item to add
admin_group_name = "Administrators" ' the group in which to place that item

call add_to_local_group(this_machine, domain_account, admin_group_name )

Python Example

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# SCRIPT: add_user_to_local_group.py
#
# EXAMPLE: Add "domain\user1" to administrators group on local machine
# add_user_to_local_group.py "" domain\user1 Administrators
# add_user_to_local_group.py localhost domain\user1 Administrators
#
# NOTE: this is case-insensitive
# NOTE: requires win32 extensions for pythoon
#

import os
import win32net
import win32netcon
import sys

def add_user_to_local_group( computer, account, localgroup, ) :
    localgroup = unicode(localgroup).lower()
    groups = win32net.NetUserGetLocalGroups( computer, account, 0 )
    groups = [ s.lower() for s in groups ]

    if (localgroup in groups ) :
        #user is a already in the group
        pass
    else :
        #must add the user
        level =3
        members = []
        members.append( {"domainandname" : account } )
        win32net.NetLocalGroupAddMembers( computer, localgroup, level, members  )

    # postconditions
    groups = win32net.NetUserGetLocalGroups( computer, account, 0 )
    groups = [ s.lower() for s in groups ]
    assert( localgroup in groups )

the_computer = sys.argv[1]
the_account_name = sys.argv[2]
the_group = sys.argv[3]

add_user_to_local_group( the_computer, the_account_name , the_group, )


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Saveen Reddy
2005-10-08