enumerate groups

[terry712]

does anyone have a script that does the following

basically i want to have a dynamic security group - so basically have a group called say site1-gls

and i want this to be created from 3 or 4 other gls groups. i know this will need to be on a sched task or such like - but basiacally what it to add and delete mebers as it goes

it may be a case or easier if the site1-gls group membership is deleted and repopulated rtaher than try the delete

 

[EBGreen]

I don't have code like this. Someone may. Assuming that no one comes along that does, this shouldn't be terribly hard to do. You really only need to know how to do three things. Read the members of a group, add members to a group, and remove members from a group (or remove all members if you want to go that route). All the rest is logic. So basicly pick one of those actions and figure out how to do it. Then the next, then the last. Then just put the three parts together.

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[PHV]

What have you tried so far and where in your code are you stuck ?

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[terry712]

was just seeing if someone has a script
before i satrt trying to rattle one together

 

[markdmac]

Yes, I have such a script.

You process is to first bind to each group.

Make the members of the dynamic group keys in a dictionary for easy checking.

Enumerate the members of the other groups into an array. Then iterate through the array checking for if a matching key exists in the dictionary. If it does not then add the group member. Don't wipe out the former membership unless you are certain the update will happen when no users are logged on, otherwise existing users will lose the membership until next logon.

If you want to dynamically remove users as well then reverse the process. Add the members of the source groups to a dictionary. Then for each member of the dynamic group check for a matching key and if none exists remove the user from the group.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

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