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User Account Wildcards? - 2/15/2007 1:23:24 AM

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Hoping someone out there can help as it seems I'm using wrong search terms on google...!

Still very new to scripting and a little confused as to whether or not it's possible to use wildcards in searching for Local Machine User Accounts?

Basically I'm trying to get a script to find a specific account or 2 then move them to the Local Admin group for the machine.

It's for a number of computers though and on each one the account/s will be named slightly different each time:

computer 1 = AccPC1, AccPC1b

computer 2 = AccPC2

computer 3 = AccPC3, AccPC3b

I'm hoping to have this script on each individual machine and to run it once only.

So far all I've been able to produce is the code below, which needs to have an account "explicitly" named :o(

Any help would be great here!

CODE:

set objComputer = CreateObject("Shell.LocalMachine")

strComputer = objComputer.MachineName

Set objGroup = GetObject("WinNT://" & strComputer & "/Administrators")
Set objUser = GetObject("WinNT://" & strComputer & "/AccPC1")

objGroup.Add(objUser.ADsPath)

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RE: User Account Wildcards? - 2/15/2007 4:27:42 AM

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I don't believe you can use a wild card for local accounts using the WinNT provider, at least not that I've seen. Perhaps you could enumerate through all the groups, get the members, use the InStr function to see if it is an account similar to the one you're looking for, add it to an array or dictionary, then loop through this collection with the names you need and add it to the admin group.

something like this:

//EDIT: Removed <span> tags

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RE: User Account Wildcards? - 2/15/2007 5:40:00 AM

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Hi dm_4ever,

Thanks for the code and explanation...I've been working with it now since you posted it up but cant seem to grasp the inclusion of my code with it...???

I admit to not being to aware of the differing variables you've used but...

I used my earlier code but to no avail...if I expressley name the accounts (i.e "/AccPC1") then it's added pretty much as before...but if I try and use the captured variable from the array I cant seem to grasp the concept...

if i change my code to:

set objGroup = GetObject("WinNT://" & strComputer & "/Administrators")
set objUserAdd = GetObject("WinNT://" & strComputer & strUsrName)

it returns a variable not defined error?

The problem I have here i guess is understanding how to take a name found in the search and stored in the array and passing it to the:

objGroup.Add(objUserAdd.ADsPath)

????

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RE: User Account Wildcards? - 2/15/2007 6:03:20 AM

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set objUserAdd = GetObject("WinNT://" & strComputer & "/" & strUsrName)

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RE: User Account Wildcards? - 2/15/2007 6:29:09 AM

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you're a star dm

thanks for getting back to me again on this one...!!!

I've used the code you suggested and now I'm getting an error:

"The Group name could not be found"

Code: 800708AC

No idea what this relates to...after googling all I've found is

Unable to locate the domain for the credentials provided. Try a different set of credentials.

anyone any ideas as to why this happens?

Thats the code in full as it stands.

But no idea as to why I get the error?

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RE: User Account Wildcards? - 2/15/2007 6:47:57 AM

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Try this.

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RE: User Account Wildcards? - 2/15/2007 7:00:37 AM

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dm you're a STAR!!!!

Works a treat now exactly how I'd hoped...many many thanks for the pointers and code examples on this

thx all...

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RE: User Account Wildcards? - 2/15/2007 7:02:22 AM

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thanks. glad to be of some help.

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