Using DSquery to find member of in AD


Recommended Posts

I think you want to use dsget. but I don't think it will do what you are looking for. what you want are two different things. One is to scan active directory for group membership the other is to scan folders for directory accessability/permissions. This is where network design really comes into play and understanding how to build one. It sounds as if you are taking over someone elses mess and trying to figure it out, all I can say is get your clicker going. Take a look at what is being shared. You can use the perms command to be able to see what permissions x user has over the computer/server. perms is part of the 2003 resource kit which is free to dl from microsoft.

There is probably a third party tool that has the capability you are looking for, and it will more than likely cost.

How I would do it is look at the groups, find out the members of each group, find out what these members need access to. Look at the shares, see who has access to each share (this can be done by right clicking on my computer and clicking on manage, going into shared folders, then going into shares you can easily see all of the shares on one computer and you can easily manage the shares from here). It is a lot of work, but so is reading a text file and figuring out how to create said text file. Bottom line, it isn't easy, I have done this hundreds of times over (taking over a mess).

you need to pipe your commands... try something like this

dsquery user -name "*UserName*" | dsget user -memberOf

what this will do it query AD for a specific user and take the output of that and list what groups the user is a member of.

if you do dsget user /? it will give you everything you can get about the user as well.

Hope that helps

I think point sc302 was trying to make - is sure you can find the group memberships of a user, but that is not going to tell you where those groups have permissions or what they are, etc.

You might want to check out

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb664922.aspx

and

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897332.aspx

  On 23/06/2010 at 16:12, BudMan said:

I think point sc302 was trying to make - is sure you can find the group memberships of a user, but that is not going to tell you where those groups have permissions or what they are, etc.

You might want to check out

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb664922.aspx

and

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897332.aspx

was I not clear on that?

No you were clear, atleast to me - but I took it as the other poster did not catch the meaning of your post, atleast he made no mention that group membership will not give him what I took as what the user was after.

"permissions, directory access, groups etc."

This topic is now closed to further replies.
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
  • Posts

    • Occasionally crazy tyrants occupy palaces using swords.  
    • Switch to another OS if you're into tinfoil hat mentality, or just uninstall the app. Oh, wait, even after uninstalling it, can Microsoft still be looking at everything? We'll never know, so, yeah, that's that. If you use Windows, you need to live with those options.
    • Minecraft Chase the Skies update and Vibrant Visuals graphics overhaul lands next week by Pulasthi Ariyasinghe The second major game update of the year for Minecraft is almost here. Mojang today announced that its next Game Drop, Chase the Skies, is landing on June 17. Alongside it, the highly anticipated graphics overhaul, dubbed Vibrant Visuals, will be available too, making the day a rather big occasion for Minecraft fans. The Chase the Skies update has a large number of gameplay features and content, but one of the biggest is the expansion of the Ghast. Now, players will be able to find Happy Ghasts as a tameable mob, letting up to five players ride them on journeys across the skies. To get one, players will have to find small, dehydrated Ghasts near fossil structures in the Nether, then bring it to the overworld and feed it plenty of water. It is also possible to craft dried Ghasts from Nether materials. Other features of this update include a handy player locator bar, better leads functionality, craftable saddles, a new music disc, and more. As for the Vibrant Visuals upgrade, Mojang is touting a visual refresh that lets players witness how lights and shadows affect the Minecraft world. "Fly high with your happy ghast to watch the sunrise reflect on the rippling ocean, make art with shifting shadows, descend into dark depths, or simply sit back and enjoy the vivid beauty of each biome," says the studio. "With updated in-game visuals you’ll see how light and shadow transform the Overworld – water reflects, forests become shaded, fog drifts, and waterfalls glimmer in the light." The currently supported devices for Vibrant Visuals include Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC, as well as Android (Android: Adreno 640, Mali-G68, Mali-G77, or Xclipse 530 or higher) and iOS (A12 or M1 or higher.)   Unfortunately, the Vibrant Visuals upgrade will only be available on the Bedrock Edition of Minecraft, at least for now. Mojang has said that it plans to bring the visual overhaul to the Java Edition of Minecraft at a later date, but no information or release window has been announced just yet.
    • Once people get use to the square-ish case, they'll probably switch the display to square as well.
  • Recent Achievements

    • One Month Later
      POR2GAL4EVER earned a badge
      One Month Later
    • One Year In
      Orpheus13 earned a badge
      One Year In
    • One Month Later
      Orpheus13 earned a badge
      One Month Later
    • Week One Done
      Orpheus13 earned a badge
      Week One Done
    • Week One Done
      serfegyed earned a badge
      Week One Done
  • Popular Contributors

    1. 1
      +primortal
      560
    2. 2
      ATLien_0
      255
    3. 3
      +Edouard
      163
    4. 4
      +FloatingFatMan
      157
    5. 5
      Michael Scrip
      110
  • Tell a friend

    Love Neowin? Tell a friend!