Decide whether a user is member of a group

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peter71wallin

Hello,

We have a group named 'MyGroup'. In this group, other groups have been
added.
For example, the group 'UsersGroup' is a member of 'MyGroup'. The user
'MyUser'
is a member of 'UsersGroup'.

Now, I want to decide programatically whether the user 'MyUser' is a
member of 'MyGroup'.
The problem lies in that the user 'MyUser' is not directly a member of
'MyGroup. He is a member of 'UsersGroup', which in its turn is a member
of 'MyGroup'. So, the user is indirectly in the group 'MyGroup'.

How I do this? Please, enclose some code.

Thank you in advance, Peter Wallin
 
Peter said:
We have a group named 'MyGroup'. In this group, other groups have been
added.
For example, the group 'UsersGroup' is a member of 'MyGroup'. The user
'MyUser'
is a member of 'UsersGroup'.

Now, I want to decide programatically whether the user 'MyUser' is a
member of 'MyGroup'.
The problem lies in that the user 'MyUser' is not directly a member of
'MyGroup. He is a member of 'UsersGroup', which in its turn is a member
of 'MyGroup'. So, the user is indirectly in the group 'MyGroup'.

How I do this? Please, enclose some code.
Click to expand...

Hi,

You describe nested groups. I have several VBScript examples of functions to
check for group membership linked here:

http://www.rlmueller.net/freecode1.htm
 
Joe said:
The most accurate mechanism is to recurse through the memberof
attributes of the user and all groups the user is a memberof.

If you are just looking for a tool to do this, go get

http://www.joeware.net/win/free/tools/memberof.htm
Click to expand...

And, don't forget, there's that one calculated instance of group membership
using the primaryGroupID attribute, typically for the "Domain Users" group,
but it could be different in some circumstances.


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