Murali Palla

Add Domain User to Local Admin on Multiple Servers

Add Domain User to Local Admin on Multiple Servers Upon multiple requests, uploading my Old Script to Add Domain User to Local Admin on Multiple Servers.

'==========================================================================
' Author: Murali M Palla
' NAME: Add_Domain_Group_to_Local_Administrators.vbs
' DATE : 2012-Nov-08
' COMMENT: Takes the file servers.txt and outputs results to Job_Status.csv
' Version: V2
'==========================================================================
On Error Resume Next

Const ForReading = 1
Const ForAppending = 8

domain = InputBox("Enter the Domain Name ")  
myGroup = InputBox ("What NT DOMAIN Group do you wish to add to the Local Administrator Group?")

UserConfirmation= MsgBox ("You Entered  :  "&Domain&"\"&mygroup,vbYesNo)
If UserConfirmation = vbYes Then 
  
    Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    Set SrvList = objFSO.OpenTextFile("servers.txt", ForReading)
    Set Reportfile = objFSO.CreateTextFile ("Job_Status.csv",True)
    Reportfile.WriteLine "Server Name" &"," & " Status "
    
    Do Until SrvList.AtEndOfStream
        strComputer = lcase(srvlist.readline)
        
                strDomainGroup = "WinNT://" & domain & "/" & myGroup & ",group" 
     
               
                 
                Set objDomainGroup = GetObject(strDomainGroup) 
                 
                Set objNetwork = CreateObject("Wscript.Network") 
                    
                Set objLocalGroup = GetObject("WinNT://" & strComputer & "/Administrators,group") 
            
                If Err.Number <> 0 Then
                
                    Reportfile.writeline UCase(strComputer) &","& Err.Number &"," & Err.Description 
                        
                    Err.Clear
        
                Else
            
                 
                If objLocalGroup.IsMember(objDomainGroup.AdsPath) Then
                    Reportfile.WriteLine UCase(strComputer) &"," & Domain & "\" & myGroup &"," & " Is Already A Member of the Local Admin"
                Else 
                    objLocalGroup.Add(objDomainGroup.AdsPath)
                    Reportfile.WriteLine UCase(strComputer) &"," & Domain & "\" & myGroup &"," & " Added to Local Admin"
                End If 
        End if        
    Loop             
    WScript.Echo "Done, Please check Job_Status.csv"
    
Else 
    MsgBox ("Script Stoping per your confirmation")
    
End If

'==========================================================================

' Author: Murali M Palla

' NAME: Add_Domain_Group_to_Local_Administrators.vbs

' DATE : 2012-Nov-08

' COMMENT: Takes the file servers.txt and outputs results to Job_Status.csv

' Version: V2

'==========================================================================

On Error Resume Next

Const ForReading = 1

Const ForAppending = 8

domain = InputBox("Enter the Domain Name ")

myGroup = InputBox ("What NT DOMAIN Group do you wish to add to the Local Administrator Group?")

UserConfirmation= MsgBox ("You Entered : "&Domain&"\"&mygroup,vbYesNo)

If UserConfirmation = vbYes Then

Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

Set SrvList = objFSO.OpenTextFile("servers.txt", ForReading)

Set Reportfile = objFSO.CreateTextFile ("Job_Status.csv",True)

Reportfile.WriteLine "Server Name" &"," & " Status "

Do Until SrvList.AtEndOfStream

strComputer = lcase(srvlist.readline)

strDomainGroup = "WinNT://" & domain & "/" & myGroup & ",group"

Set objDomainGroup = GetObject(strDomainGroup)

Set objNetwork = CreateObject("Wscript.Network")

Set objLocalGroup = GetObject("WinNT://" & strComputer & "/Administrators,group")

If Err.Number <> 0 Then

Reportfile.writeline UCase(strComputer) &","& Err.Number &"," & Err.Description

Err.Clear

Else

If objLocalGroup.IsMember(objDomainGroup.AdsPath) Then

Reportfile.WriteLine UCase(strComputer) &"," & Domain & "\" & myGroup &"," & " Is Already A Member of the Local Admin"

Else

objLocalGroup.Add(objDomainGroup.AdsPath)

Reportfile.WriteLine UCase(strComputer) &"," & Domain & "\" & myGroup &"," & " Added to Local Admin"

End If

End if

Loop

WScript.Echo "Done, Please check Job_Status.csv"

Else

MsgBox ("Script Stoping per your confirmation")

End If

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Add Domain User to Local Admin on Multiple Servers

Add Domain User to Local Admin on Multiple Servers Upon multiple requests, uploading my Old Script to Add Domain User to Local Admin on Multiple Servers.

'==========================================================================
' Author: Murali M Palla
' NAME: Add_Domain_User_to_Local_Administrators.vbs
' DATE : 2012-Nov-08
' COMMENT: Takes the file servers.txt and outputs results to Job_Status.csv
' Version: V2
'==========================================================================
On Error Resume Next

Const ForReading = 1
Const ForAppending = 8

domain = InputBox("Enter the Domain Name ")  
myGroup = InputBox ("What NT DOMAIN User do you wish to add to the Local Administrator Group?")

UserConfirmation= MsgBox ("You Entered  :  "&Domain&"\"&mygroup,vbYesNo)
If UserConfirmation = vbYes Then 
  
    Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    Set SrvList = objFSO.OpenTextFile("servers.txt", ForReading)
    Set Reportfile = objFSO.CreateTextFile ("Job_Status.csv",True)
    Reportfile.WriteLine "Server Name" &"," & " Status "
    
    Do Until SrvList.AtEndOfStream
        strComputer = lcase(srvlist.readline)
        
                strDomainGroup = "WinNT://" & domain & "/" & myGroup & ",user" 
     
               
                 
                Set objDomainGroup = GetObject(strDomainGroup) 
                 
                Set objNetwork = CreateObject("Wscript.Network") 
                    
                Set objLocalGroup = GetObject("WinNT://" & strComputer & "/Administrators,group") 
            
                If Err.Number <> 0 Then
                
                    Reportfile.writeline UCase(strComputer) &","& Err.Number &"," & Err.Description 
                        
                    Err.Clear
        
                Else
            
                 
                If objLocalGroup.IsMember(objDomainGroup.AdsPath) Then
                    Reportfile.WriteLine UCase(strComputer) &"," & Domain & "\" & myGroup &"," & " Is Already A Member of the Local Admin"
                Else 
                    objLocalGroup.Add(objDomainGroup.AdsPath)
                    Reportfile.WriteLine UCase(strComputer) &"," & Domain & "\" & myGroup &"," & " Added to Local Admin"
                End If 
        End if        
    Loop             
    WScript.Echo "Done, Please check Job_Status.csv"
    
Else 
    MsgBox ("Script Stoping per your confirmation")
    
End If

'==========================================================================

' Author: Murali M Palla

' NAME: Add_Domain_User_to_Local_Administrators.vbs

' DATE : 2012-Nov-08

' COMMENT: Takes the file servers.txt and outputs results to Job_Status.csv

' Version: V2

'==========================================================================

On Error Resume Next

Const ForReading = 1

Const ForAppending = 8

domain = InputBox("Enter the Domain Name ")

myGroup = InputBox ("What NT DOMAIN User do you wish to add to the Local Administrator Group?")

UserConfirmation= MsgBox ("You Entered : "&Domain&"\"&mygroup,vbYesNo)

If UserConfirmation = vbYes Then

Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

Set SrvList = objFSO.OpenTextFile("servers.txt", ForReading)

Set Reportfile = objFSO.CreateTextFile ("Job_Status.csv",True)

Reportfile.WriteLine "Server Name" &"," & " Status "

Do Until SrvList.AtEndOfStream

strComputer = lcase(srvlist.readline)

strDomainGroup = "WinNT://" & domain & "/" & myGroup & ",user"

Set objDomainGroup = GetObject(strDomainGroup)

Set objNetwork = CreateObject("Wscript.Network")

Set objLocalGroup = GetObject("WinNT://" & strComputer & "/Administrators,group")

If Err.Number <> 0 Then

Reportfile.writeline UCase(strComputer) &","& Err.Number &"," & Err.Description

Err.Clear

Else

If objLocalGroup.IsMember(objDomainGroup.AdsPath) Then

Reportfile.WriteLine UCase(strComputer) &"," & Domain & "\" & myGroup &"," & " Is Already A Member of the Local Admin"

Else

objLocalGroup.Add(objDomainGroup.AdsPath)

Reportfile.WriteLine UCase(strComputer) &"," & Domain & "\" & myGroup &"," & " Added to Local Admin"

End If

End if

Loop

WScript.Echo "Done, Please check Job_Status.csv"

Else

MsgBox ("Script Stoping per your confirmation")

End If

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Configure Lotus Notes as the default e-mail client via GPO

Consider these requirements/instructions before you proceed with configuring Lotus Notes as a default mail client in the environment This article assumes that the Notes on the Clients are installed on the same location, if that is not the case: Create Individual GPOs and assign them […]

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Fix Missing Replication Object in Active Directory

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AD Group Membership (Member(s) and Member of)

AD Group Membership (Member(s) and Member of) #powershell script to pull AD Group Membership using traditional ADSI method Will collect both Members and Member of Run the script in this format: .\ListGroupMembers.ps1 -DomainName mydomain.com -GroupName “Domain admins”

<#
.Synopsis
   List/Export Group Members of a Given Group From Domain
.EXAMPLE
   .\ListGroupMembers.ps1 -DomainName mydomain.com -GroupName "Domain admins"
.Author
   Murali M Palla
.Contact
    contact@muralipalla.com
.Version
    v1 - March-12,2015
    v2 - March-31,2015 - Added getting Member of list 
#>
[CmdletBinding()]
param(
  [parameter(Mandatory=$TRUE,Position=0,ValueFromPipeline=$False)]
    [String] $DomainName,
  [parameter(Mandatory=$TRUE,Position=1,ValueFromPipeline=$False)]
    [String] $GroupName
)
clear
function DN2CN([__ComObject] $object,[String] $method, $parameters) 
{
  $object.GetType().InvokeMember($method,"InvokeMethod", $NULL, $object, $parameters)
}
$ScriptStart = Get-Date -Format dd-MMM-yyyy-hh-mm-ss
$Report = "$($GroupName)_$ScriptStart.csv"
$error.Clear()
$ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_GC = 3
$ADS_NAME_TYPE_NT4 = 3
$ADS_NAME_TYPE_1779 = 1
$ADS_NAME_TYPE_Display = 4
$GetLDAPDN = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry("LDAP://$DomainName") -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
$Domain = $GetLDAPDN.distinguishedName
if ($Domain)
{
    write-host "Domain Name: $Domain"
    $searcher = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher($GetLDAPDN)
    $searcher.Filter = "(&(objectCategory=Group)(name=$($GroupName)))"
    [System.DirectoryServices.SearchResult]$result = $searcher.FindOne()
    if($result)
    {
        $MemberCount = ($result.Properties.member).count
        $MemberOfCount = ($result.Properties.memberof).count
        Write-Host "$GroupName has $MemberCount members, and is part of $MemberOfCount Groups"
        $GroupCollection = @()
        foreach ($member in $result.Properties.member)
        {
            $dn = $member       
            $TranslateOBJ = New-Object -ComObject "NameTranslate"
            DN2CN $TranslateOBJ "Init" ($ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_GC, "")
            DN2CN $TranslateOBJ "Set" ($ADS_NAME_TYPE_1779,$DN)            
            $loginName = DN2CN $TranslateOBJ "Get" ($ADS_NAME_TYPE_NT4)
            try {$error.Clear();$displayName = DN2CN $TranslateOBJ "Get" ($ADS_NAME_TYPE_Display)}
            catch {if($error.Count){};$displayName=""}
            $GroupObject = New-Object -TypeName psobject
            Add-Member -InputObject $GroupObject -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Domain -Value "$DomainName"
            Add-Member -InputObject $GroupObject -MemberType NoteProperty -Name GroupName -Value "$GroupName"
            Add-Member -InputObject $GroupObject -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Member -Value "$loginName"
            Add-Member -InputObject $GroupObject -MemberType NoteProperty -Name MemberOf -Value ""
            Add-Member -InputObject $GroupObject -MemberType NoteProperty -Name DisplayName -Value "$displayName"
            Add-Member -InputObject $GroupObject -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Location -Value "$member"
            $GroupCollection += $GroupObject
        }
        foreach ($member in $result.Properties.memberof)
        {
            $dn = $member       
            $TranslateOBJ = New-Object -ComObject "NameTranslate"
            DN2CN $TranslateOBJ "Init" ($ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_GC, "")
            DN2CN $TranslateOBJ "Set" ($ADS_NAME_TYPE_1779,$DN)            
            $loginName = DN2CN $TranslateOBJ "Get" ($ADS_NAME_TYPE_NT4)
            try {$error.Clear();$displayName = DN2CN $TranslateOBJ "Get" ($ADS_NAME_TYPE_Display)}
            catch {if($error.Count){};$displayName=""}
            $GroupObject = New-Object -TypeName psobject
            Add-Member -InputObject $GroupObject -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Domain -Value "$DomainName"
            Add-Member -InputObject $GroupObject -MemberType NoteProperty -Name GroupName -Value "$GroupName"
            Add-Member -InputObject $GroupObject -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Member -Value ""
            Add-Member -InputObject $GroupObject -MemberType NoteProperty -Name MemberOf -Value "$loginName"
            Add-Member -InputObject $GroupObject -MemberType NoteProperty -Name DisplayName -Value "$displayName"
            Add-Member -InputObject $GroupObject -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Location -Value "$member"
            $GroupCollection += $GroupObject
        }
    }
    else {Write-Host "$GroupName not found" -ForegroundColor Red }
}

else {Write-Host "Unable to Query $DomainName, if you are sure that the Name is Correct, Please try in a different fromat" -ForegroundColor Red }
$GroupCollection | Export-Csv -Path $Report -NoTypeInformation

.Synopsis

List/Export Group Members of a Given Group From Domain

.EXAMPLE

.\ListGroupMembers.ps1 -DomainName mydomain.com -GroupName "Domain admins"

.Author

Murali M Palla

.Contact

contact@muralipalla.com

.Version

v1 - March-12,2015

v2 - March-31,2015 - Added getting Member of list

[CmdletBinding()]

param(

[parameter(Mandatory=$TRUE,Position=0,ValueFromPipeline=$False)]

[String] $DomainName,

[parameter(Mandatory=$TRUE,Position=1,ValueFromPipeline=$False)]

[String] $GroupName

)

clear

function DN2CN([__ComObject] $object,[String] $method, $parameters)

{

$object.GetType().InvokeMember($method,"InvokeMethod", $NULL, $object, $parameters)

}

$ScriptStart = Get-Date -Format dd-MMM-yyyy-hh-mm-ss

$Report = "$($GroupName)_$ScriptStart.csv"

$error.Clear()

$ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_GC = 3

$ADS_NAME_TYPE_NT4 = 3

$ADS_NAME_TYPE_1779 = 1

$ADS_NAME_TYPE_Display = 4

$GetLDAPDN = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry("LDAP://$DomainName") -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

$Domain = $GetLDAPDN.distinguishedName

if ($Domain)

{

write-host "Domain Name: $Domain"

$searcher = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher($GetLDAPDN)

$searcher.Filter = "(&(objectCategory=Group)(name=$($GroupName)))"

[System.DirectoryServices.SearchResult]$result = $searcher.FindOne()

if($result)

{

$MemberCount = ($result.Properties.member).count

$MemberOfCount = ($result.Properties.memberof).count

Write-Host "$GroupName has $MemberCount members, and is part of $MemberOfCount Groups"

$GroupCollection = @()

foreach ($member in $result.Properties.member)

{

$dn = $member

$TranslateOBJ = New-Object -ComObject "NameTranslate"

DN2CN $TranslateOBJ "Init" ($ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_GC, "")

DN2CN $TranslateOBJ "Set" ($ADS_NAME_TYPE_1779,$DN)

$loginName = DN2CN $TranslateOBJ "Get" ($ADS_NAME_TYPE_NT4)

try {$error.Clear();$displayName = DN2CN $TranslateOBJ "Get" ($ADS_NAME_TYPE_Display)}

catch {if($error.Count){};$displayName=""}

$GroupObject = New-Object -TypeName psobject

Add-Member -InputObject $GroupObject -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Domain -Value "$DomainName"

Add-Member -InputObject $GroupObject -MemberType NoteProperty -Name GroupName -Value "$GroupName"

Add-Member -InputObject $GroupObject -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Member -Value "$loginName"

Add-Member -InputObject $GroupObject -MemberType NoteProperty -Name MemberOf -Value ""

Add-Member -InputObject $GroupObject -MemberType NoteProperty -Name DisplayName -Value "$displayName"

Add-Member -InputObject $GroupObject -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Location -Value "$member"

$GroupCollection += $GroupObject

}

foreach ($member in $result.Properties.memberof)

{

$dn = $member

$TranslateOBJ = New-Object -ComObject "NameTranslate"

DN2CN $TranslateOBJ "Init" ($ADS_NAME_INITTYPE_GC, "")

DN2CN $TranslateOBJ "Set" ($ADS_NAME_TYPE_1779,$DN)

$loginName = DN2CN $TranslateOBJ "Get" ($ADS_NAME_TYPE_NT4)

try {$error.Clear();$displayName = DN2CN $TranslateOBJ "Get" ($ADS_NAME_TYPE_Display)}

catch {if($error.Count){};$displayName=""}

$GroupObject = New-Object -TypeName psobject

Add-Member -InputObject $GroupObject -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Domain -Value "$DomainName"

Add-Member -InputObject $GroupObject -MemberType NoteProperty -Name GroupName -Value "$GroupName"

Add-Member -InputObject $GroupObject -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Member -Value ""

Add-Member -InputObject $GroupObject -MemberType NoteProperty -Name MemberOf -Value "$loginName"

Add-Member -InputObject $GroupObject -MemberType NoteProperty -Name DisplayName -Value "$displayName"

Add-Member -InputObject $GroupObject -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Location -Value "$member"

$GroupCollection += $GroupObject

}

else {Write-Host "$GroupName not found" -ForegroundColor Red }

}

else {Write-Host "Unable to Query $DomainName, if you are sure that the Name is Correct, Please try in a different fromat" -ForegroundColor Red }

$GroupCollection | Export-Csv -Path $Report -NoTypeInformation

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List Remote Domain(s) Trusts & Functional Levels – Powershell Script

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