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#40210 - 2003-05-15 02:36 PM Delete all Groups from users group membership list
Richie19Rich77 Richie19Rich77 Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2002-08-16 Posts: 624 Loc: London, England	Hi Everyone I am trying to delete all the groups from the users group membership list. I was hoping there would be a nice easy command, but have searched through ADSI and Microsoft site and found nothing. Don't care how I do it, kix or another command. One way I did think of was to list the group membership of that user then delete the groups that are listed. This would work but I am not able to write the code, above my technical ability :-(. Thanks
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#40211 - 2003-05-15 02:40 PM Re: Delete all Groups from users group membership list
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	AD or NT domain? _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#40212 - 2003-05-15 02:40 PM Re: Delete all Groups from users group membership list
Kdyer Kdyer KiX Supporter Registered: 2001-01-03 Posts: 6241 Loc: Tigard, OR	Isn't this something that LDIFE or CSVDE handles? Kinda like the old Reskit tool ADDUSERS? Or, are you asking to remove all groups from say a specific user, but keep the Account on the domain? Kent _________________________ Utilize these resources: UDFs (Full List) KiXtart FAQ & How to's
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#40213 - 2003-05-15 02:46 PM Re: Delete all Groups from users group membership list
Howard Bullock Howard Bullock KiX Supporter Registered: 2000-09-15 Posts: 5809 Loc: Harrisburg, PA USA	Actually, I think the task would not be above your technical skill level. Try it and see. Use EnumGroup() and EnumLocalGroup() (if req.) to enumerate the groups to which the user is a member. Examples are in the manual and on the board. For each group name $grp = GetObject(winnt://domain/groupname). Remove the user $grp.remove(Winnt://domain/user) [ 15. May 2003, 14:46: Message edited by: Howard Bullock ] _________________________ Home page: http://www.kixhelp.com/hb/
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#40214 - 2003-05-15 02:46 PM Re: Delete all Groups from users group membership list
Richie19Rich77 Richie19Rich77 Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2002-08-16 Posts: 624 Loc: London, England	Sorry I am running Windows 2000 Server, with all 2k workstations. AD say a user is a member of 5 groups, i want to clear the list of groups for that user only. So I want to keep the account on the domain just get rid of the group memberships of that user Thanks
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#40215 - 2003-05-15 02:48 PM Re: Delete all Groups from users group membership list
Richie19Rich77 Richie19Rich77 Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2002-08-16 Posts: 624 Loc: London, England	Thanks Howard Just need that little nudge, makes sense I will look into it. Thanks
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#40216 - 2003-05-15 02:57 PM

Re: Delete all Groups from users group membership list

Chris S. Offline

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Registered: 2002-03-18
Posts: 2368
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Also, you can do a simple ADSI script...

code:

Break On CLS

$sUser = "Test"

$objUser=GetObject("WinNT://"+@DOMAIN+"/"$sUser)
"Groups for " $objUser.Name ?
For Each $objGroup in $objUser.Groups
	$objGroup.Name " - " $objGroup.Description ?
	$objGroup.Remove ($objUser.AdsPath)
Next

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#40217 - 2003-05-15 02:59 PM Re: Delete all Groups from users group membership list
Chris S. Chris S. MM club member Registered: 2002-03-18 Posts: 2368 Loc: Earth	BTW, the above sample script removes the user from all groups except Domain Users.
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#40218 - 2003-05-15 03:01 PM Re: Delete all Groups from users group membership list
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	what is a user account if it is not a domain user account? think that is ok to be left there _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#40219 - 2003-05-15 03:02 PM Re: Delete all Groups from users group membership list
Howard Bullock Howard Bullock KiX Supporter Registered: 2000-09-15 Posts: 5809 Loc: Harrisburg, PA USA	Chris, that looks awful familiar. Did you or I post that previously? _________________________ Home page: http://www.kixhelp.com/hb/
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#40220 - 2003-05-15 03:05 PM Re: Delete all Groups from users group membership list
Chris S. Chris S. MM club member Registered: 2002-03-18 Posts: 2368 Loc: Earth	Hmm. Well, its just a one line add to enuming through a user's (or with slight mod, computer's) group membership. Pretty basic stuff really. I can't think of too many ways (that make sense) to do it differently.
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#40221 - 2003-05-15 03:23 PM Re: Delete all Groups from users group membership list
Richie19Rich77 Richie19Rich77 Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2002-08-16 Posts: 624 Loc: London, England	One problem ENUMGROUP works with the current user, I want to delete the list of groups for $x user. Just when you thought it was nice and easy. Rich
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#40222 - 2003-05-15 03:24 PM Re: Delete all Groups from users group membership list
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	richard, so you saying that the code that was provided to you does not work? _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#40223 - 2003-05-15 03:26 PM Re: Delete all Groups from users group membership list
Richie19Rich77 Richie19Rich77 Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2002-08-16 Posts: 624 Loc: London, England	Doh sorry guys, so many replys I didn't see your example script Chris. Thanks
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#40224 - 2003-05-15 03:30 PM Re: Delete all Groups from users group membership list
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	Domain users have be a member of at least one group, the Primary Group (by default Domain Users) in an NT domain. Is this still the case under AD? I would assume so. [ 15. May 2003, 15:30: Message edited by: sealeopard ] _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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#40225 - 2003-05-15 03:32 PM Re: Delete all Groups from users group membership list
Howard Bullock Howard Bullock KiX Supporter Registered: 2000-09-15 Posts: 5809 Loc: Harrisburg, PA USA	Richard, see what you happens when you ask for help. _________________________ Home page: http://www.kixhelp.com/hb/
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#40226 - 2003-05-15 04:04 PM Re: Delete all Groups from users group membership list
Richie19Rich77 Richie19Rich77 Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2002-08-16 Posts: 624 Loc: London, England	Hi Guys I have converted it to use LDAP connection instaed of WinNT. So simple when you get some help :-) Thanks code: $objUser = GetObject("LDAP://" +$TranslateUserName[0]) For Each $objGroup in $objUser.Groups $objGroup.Remove ($objUser.AdsPath) Next [ 15. May 2003, 16:08: Message edited by: Richard Farthing ]
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#40227 - 2003-05-15 04:09 PM Re: Delete all Groups from users group membership list
Chris S. Chris S. MM club member Registered: 2002-03-18 Posts: 2368 Loc: Earth	Cool. BTW, you can still use the WinNT provider in with an AD network (we just converted to AD last weeked). My example will work on either an NT4 or AD network.
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#40228 - 2003-05-15 04:16 PM Re: Delete all Groups from users group membership list
Richie19Rich77 Richie19Rich77 Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2002-08-16 Posts: 624 Loc: London, England	Yep worked fine using WinNT, but my script uses all LDAP connection and wanted to keep it the same. Thanks again Chris
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#40229 - 2003-05-15 05:52 PM Re: Delete all Groups from users group membership list
Kdyer Kdyer KiX Supporter Registered: 2001-01-03 Posts: 6241 Loc: Tigard, OR	The only caveat I could think of with this... If you remove all groups from a user, that also includes "Domain Users" you may run into conflicts with your application set. If you remove them from the group, then the point is moot. BTW, did you know that you can achieve alot of this with the "query" functionality of AD Users and computers in XP? You can save the queries and export the data too. Cheers! Kent _________________________ Utilize these resources: UDFs (Full List) KiXtart FAQ & How to's
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