I want to know is there any script to check if the machine is present in AD or not. Like say i have a machine named XYZ and I want to check if this machine is in AD or not.
Using VBScript how do I do this?
I am new to LDAP.
If your AD is a Windows Server 2008 or 2008 R2 take a look at Dsquery Computer
Use : Dsquery computer -name MyComputer
However, you can try using ADODB
Or this example : (sample from VBsedit)
' List All Computer Accounts in Active Directory
Const ADS_SCOPE_SUBTREE = 2
Set objConnection = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
Set objCommand = CreateObject("ADODB.Command")
objConnection.Provider = "ADsDSOObject"
objConnection.Open "Active Directory Provider"
Set objCOmmand.ActiveConnection = objConnection
objCommand.CommandText = _
"Select Name, Location from 'LDAP://DC=fabrikam,DC=com' " _
& "Where objectClass='computer'"
objCommand.Properties("Page Size") = 1000
objCommand.Properties("Searchscope") = ADS_SCOPE_SUBTREE
Set objRecordSet = objCommand.Execute
objRecordSet.MoveFirst
Do Until objRecordSet.EOF
Wscript.Echo "Computer Name: " & objRecordSet.Fields("Name").Value
Wscript.Echo "Location: " & objRecordSet.Fields("Location").Value
objRecordSet.MoveNext
Loop
You can find an example here.. You need to use the WSCript.Network
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/58aea18c-d5ff-48a7-bc76-5bd64183ba8c/use-vbscript-to-query-ad-for-computer-account?forum=winserverDS
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I'm trying to execute a a BAT file on a remote server using VBScript. Further requirements:
psexec is not allowed
I need the script to operate under the permissions of another user, not those of my own workstation
I have consulted this article: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/WmiSdk/connecting-to-wmi-remotely-with-vbscript
I see how creating the connection works, but I can't figure out how to then create a process using that same connection.
I believe this solution is really close, the only problem is I think it impersonates the user of the computer it is currently running on:
strCommand = "C:\temp\copyall.bat"
strPath = "C:\temp"
strcomputer="."
process = "winmgmts:" & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2"
msgbox process
Set objWMIService = GetObject(process)
Set objProcess = objWMIService.Get("Win32_Process")
errReturn = objProcess.Create(strCommand, strPath, Null, intProcessID)
If errReturn = 0 Then
WScript.Echo "scan success: " & intProcessID
Else
WScript.Echo "scan fail: " & errReturn
End If
This example from Microsoft's site shows how to create the connection properly but I don't know how to then use that connection.
' Full Computer Name
' can be found by right-clicking My Computer,
' then click Properties, then click the Computer Name tab)
' or use the computer's IP address
strComputer = "FullComputerName"
strDomain = "DOMAIN"
Wscript.StdOut.Write "Please enter your user name:"
strUser = Wscript.StdIn.ReadLine
Set objPassword = CreateObject("ScriptPW.Password")
Wscript.StdOut.Write "Please enter your password:"
strPassword = objPassword.GetPassword()
Set objSWbemLocator = CreateObject("WbemScripting.SWbemLocator")
Set objSWbemServices = objSWbemLocator.ConnectServer(strComputer, _
"Root\CIMv2", _
strUser, _
strPassword, _
"MS_409", _
"ntlmdomain:" + strDomain)
Set colSwbemObjectSet = objSWbemServices.ExecQuery("Select * From Win32_Process")
For Each objProcess in colSWbemObjectSet
Wscript.Echo "Process Name: " & objProcess.Name
Next
The answer is probably staring me in the face but I just can't see it right now. Ideas?
After connecting to the remote server simply get the Win32_Process object and call the Create() method like you'd do locally.
Set objSWbemServices = objSWbemLocator.ConnectServer(...)
Set objProcess = objSWbemServices.Get("Win32_Process")
errReturn = objProcess.Create(strCommand, strPath, Null, intProcessID)
The file you want to run must exist locally on the remote server for this to work.
Also note that this normally requires admin privileges on the remote system.
Does anyone know of a way to find the GUID of a specific GPO given its name using VBScript? I've seen a lot of examples to go from a GUID to a GPO, but not the other way around.
Use an LDAP query that filters for a given display name. The name attribute of the GPO contains the GUID.
displayName = "..."
domain = GetObject("LDAP://rootDSE").Get("defaultNamingContext")
Set cn = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
cn.Provider = "ADsDSOObject"
cn.Open "Active Directory Provider"
Set cmd = CreateObject("ADODB.Command")
Set cmd.ActiveConnection = cn
cmd.CommandText = "SELECT name " & _
"FROM 'LDAP://CN=Policies,CN=System," & domain & "' " & _
"WHERE objectClass = 'groupPolicyContainer' AND " & _
"displayName = '" & displayName & "'"
Set rs = cmd.Execute
Do Until rs.EOF
WScript.Echo rs.Fields("name").Value
rs.MoveNext
Loop
and it is getting successfully executed but i am not able to see the mailbox created. Actually i am using exchange server 2010 and server 2008r2 i am using the command CreateMailBox , but it says it does not support the property/object. So please help me writing a vbscript to create a Mailbox for exchange 2010 and server 2008 R2.
Here is my script
Dim oIADSUser
Dim oMailbox
Set oIADS = GetObject("LDAP://RootDSE")
strDefaultNC = oIADS.Get("defaultnamingcontext")
'MsgBox FindAnyMDB("CN=Configuration," & strDefaultNC)
'TODO: Use the newly created domain user account to replace the "UserName".
Set oIADSUser = GetObject("LDAP://CN=UserName,CN=Users," & strDefaultNC)
Set oMailBox = oIADSUser
oMailbox.CreateMailbox FindAnyMDB("CN=Configuration," & strDefaultNC)
oIADSUser.SetInfo
Function FindAnyMDB(strConfigurationNC)
Dim oConnection
Dim oCommand
Dim oRecordSet
Dim strQuery
' Open the Connection.
Set oConnection = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
set oCommand = CreateObject("ADODB.Command")
Set oRecordSet = CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
oConnection.Provider = "ADsDSOObject"
oConnection.Open "ADs Provider"
' Build the query to find the private MDB.
strQuery = "<LDAP://" & strConfigurationNC & ">; (objectCategory=msExchPrivateMDB);name,adspath;subtree"
oCommand.ActiveConnection = oConnection
oCommand.CommandText = strQuery
Set oRecordSet = oCommand.Execute
' If you have an MDB, return the first one.
If Not oRecordSet.EOF Then
oRecordSet.MoveFirst
FindAnyMDB = CStr(oRecordSet.Fields("ADsPath").Value)
Else
FindAnyMDB = ""
End If
'Clean up.
oRecordSet.Close
oConnection.Close
Set oRecordSet = Nothing
Set oCommand = Nothing
Set oConnection = Nothing
End Function
From everything I've seen, vbscript isn't supported with the move to PowerShell. You could use vbs to call PowerShell and run the appropriate cmdlet if you really need to use vbscript. Other than that you'll probably want to look at a different solution.
$password = Read-Host "Enter password" -AsSecureString
New-Mailbox -UserPrincipalName testuser#mlexchange.net -Alias testuser -Database "Mailbox Database 2048259302" -Name testuser –OrganizationalUnit Users -Password $password -FirstName test -LastName user -DisplayName "Test User" -ResetPasswordOnNextLogon $true
I'm able to fetch the user details for a particular ADS user through the following vbs code.
Set objConnection = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
objConnection.Provider = "ADsDSOObject"
objConnection.Open "Active Directory Provider"
Set objCommand = CreateObject("ADODB.Command")
Set objCommand.ActiveConnection = objConnection
objCommand.CommandText = _
"<LDAP://"& objDomain.Get("distinguishedName") &">;" & _
"(&(objectclass=user)(objectcategory=person)(sAMAccountName=" & strUserName & "));" & _
"cn,displayName;subtree"
objCommand.Execute
Here could I want to apply LCase to sAMAccountName before comparing with strUserName. Is this possible?
sAMAccountName is case-insensitive, so it doesn't matter if the value of strUserName is in upper, lower, or mixed case.
In Active Directory, there is a tab called "Dial-In", and under that tab is a radio button control with three settings:
Allow Access
Deny Access
Control access through remote access policy
I'd like to write a VBScript to take a user name, and return the setting for that user.
(I'm actually modifying an existing VBScript, which is why I am forced to use that tool).
What is the best way to do that?
Here is the best solution I was able to come up with. It is easy to modify it to output the setting for all users.
Main
Function Main
'Usage: cscript /nologo lookup.vbs mydomain username
Wscript.Echo CanDialIn(Wscript.Arguments(0), Wscript.Arguments(1))
Main = 0
End Function
Function CanDialIn(domainname, username)
'Take a user name and query whether they have permission to Dial in or not
'http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/resources/qanda/aug05/hey0825.mspx
Const ADS_SCOPE_SUBTREE = 2
Dim objConnection
Dim objCommand
Dim objRecordSet
Set objConnection = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
Set objCommand = CreateObject("ADODB.Command")
objConnection.Provider = "ADsDSOObject"
objConnection.Open "Active Directory Provider"
Set objCommand.ActiveConnection = objConnection
objCommand.Properties("Page Size") = 1000
objCommand.Properties("Searchscope") = ADS_SCOPE_SUBTREE
'Three possible values for msNPAllowDialin:
'TRUE = "Allow Access"
'FALSE = "Deny Access"
'EMPTY = "Control access through remote access policy"
objCommand.CommandText = _
"SELECT msNPAllowDialin FROM 'LDAP://dc=" & domainname & ",dc=com' WHERE objectCategory='user' AND sAMAccountName = '" & username & "'"
On Error Resume Next
Set objRecordSet = objCommand.Execute
if objRecordSet.EOF then
CanDialIn = "Could not find user " & username
else
if objRecordSet.Fields("msNPAllowDialin").Value = True then
CanDialIn = "Allow"
else
if objRecordSet.Fields("msNPAllowDialin").Value = False then
CanDialIn = "Deny"
else
CanDialIn = "Control"
end if
end if
end if
End Function