List the Managed By Information for a Group

 

Description
Returns information about the manager assigned to an Active Directory security group named Scientists.

 

Supported Platforms

Windows Server 2003

Yes

Windows XP

Yes

Windows 2000

Yes

Windows NT 4.0

Yes

Windows 98

Yes

 

Script Code

On Error Resume Next
 
Set objGroup = GetObject _
    ("LDAP://cn=Scientists,ou=R&D,dc=NA,dc=fabrikam,dc=com")
 
strManagedBy = objGroup.Get("managedBy")
 
If IsEmpty(strManagedBy) = TRUE Then
    WScript.Echo "No user account is assigned to manage " & _
        "this group."
Else
    Set objUser = GetObject("LDAP://" & strManagedBy)

    Call GetUpdateMemberList
 
    WScript.Echo "Office: " & _
        objUser.physicalDeliveryOfficeName  
    WScript.Echo "Street Address: " & objUser.streetAddress
    WScript.Echo "Locality: " & objUser.l
    WScript.Echo "State/Province: " & objUser.st
    WScript.Echo "Country: " & objUser.c
    WScript.Echo "Telephone Number: " & objUser.telephoneNumber
    WScript.Echo "Fax Number: " & _
        objUser.facsimileTelephoneNumber
End If
 
Sub GetUpdateMemberList
    Const ADS_ACETYPE_ACCESS_ALLOWED_OBJECT = &H5 
    Const Member_SchemaIDGuid = "{BF9679C0-0DE6-11D0-A285-00AA003049E2}"
    Const ADS_RIGHT_DS_WRITE_PROP = &H20
    objUser.GetInfoEx Array("canonicalName"),0
    strCanonicalName = objUser.Get("canonicalName")
    strDomain = Mid(strCanonicalName,1,InStr(1,strCanonicalName,".")-1)
    strSAMAccountName = objUser.Get("sAMAccountName")
 
    Set objNtSecurityDescriptor = objGroup.Get("ntSecurityDescriptor")
    Set objDiscretionaryAcl = objNtSecurityDescriptor.DiscretionaryAcl
 
    blnMatch = False
    For Each objAce In objDiscretionaryAcl
        If LCase(objAce.Trustee) = _
            LCase(strDomain & "\" & strSAMAccountName) AND _
            objAce.ObjectType =  Member_SchemaIDGuid AND _
                objAce.AceType = ADS_ACETYPE_ACCESS_ALLOWED_OBJECT AND _
                    objAce.AccessMask And ADS_RIGHT_DS_WRITE_PROP Then
                        blnMatch = True
        End If  
    Next
    If blnMatch Then 
        WScript.Echo "Manager can update the member list"
    Else
        WScript.Echo "Manager cannot update the member list."
    End If
End Sub
	

 

 

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