Get-LocalGroupMembership.ps1
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# #############################################################################
# NAME: FUNCTION-Get-LocalGroupMembership.ps1
#
# AUTHOR: Francois-Xavier Cat
# DATE: 2013/06/03
# EMAIL: [email protected]
# WEBSITE: LazyWinAdmin.com
# TWiTTER: @lazywinadm
#
# COMMENT: This function get the local group membership on a local or remote
# machine using ADSI/WinNT. By default it will run on the localhost
# and check the group "Administrators".
#
# VERSION HISTORY
# 1.0 2012.12.27 Initial Version.
# 2.0 2013.06.03 Verbose,Error Handeling, Testing added.
# ComputerName Parameter now accept multiple computers
#
# #############################################################################
Function Get-LocalGroupMembership {
<#
.Synopsis
Get the local group membership.
.Description
Get the local group membership.
.Parameter ComputerName
Name of the Computer to get group members. Default is "localhost".
.Parameter GroupName
Name of the GroupName to get members from. Default is "Administrators".
.Example
Get-LocalGroupMembership
Description
-----------
Get the Administrators group membership for the localhost
.Example
Get-LocalGroupMembership -ComputerName SERVER01 -GroupName "Remote Desktop Users"
Description
-----------
Get the membership for the the group "Remote Desktop Users" on the computer SERVER01
.Example
Get-LocalGroupMembership -ComputerName SERVER01,SERVER02 -GroupName "Administrators"
Description
-----------
Get the membership for the the group "Administrators" on the computers SERVER01 and SERVER02
.OUTPUTS
PSCustomObject
.INPUTS
Array
.Link
N/A
.Notes
NAME: Get-LocalGroupMembership
AUTHOR: Francois-Xavier Cat
WEBSITE: www.LazyWinAdmin.com
#>
[Cmdletbinding()]
PARAM (
[alias('DnsHostName', '__SERVER', 'Computer', 'IPAddress')]
[Parameter(ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true,
ValueFromPipeline = $true)]
[string[]]
$ComputerName = $env:COMPUTERNAME,
[string]
$GroupName = "Administrators"
)
BEGIN {
}#BEGIN BLOCK
PROCESS {
foreach ($Computer in $ComputerName) {
TRY {
$Everything_is_OK = $true
# Testing the connection
Write-Verbose -Message "$Computer - Testing connection..."
Test-Connection -ComputerName $Computer -Count 1 -ErrorAction Stop | Out-Null
# Get the members for the group and computer specified
Write-Verbose -Message "$Computer - Querying..."
$Group = [ADSI]"WinNT://$Computer/$GroupName,group"
$Members = @($group.psbase.Invoke("Members"))
}#TRY
CATCH {
$Everything_is_OK = $false
Write-Warning -Message "Something went wrong on $Computer"
Write-Verbose -Message "Error on $Computer"
}#Catch
IF ($Everything_is_OK) {
# Format the Output
Write-Verbose -Message "$Computer - Formatting Data"
$members | ForEach-Object {
$name = $_.GetType().InvokeMember("Name", 'GetProperty', $null, $_, $null)
$class = $_.GetType().InvokeMember("Class", 'GetProperty', $null, $_, $null)
$path = $_.GetType().InvokeMember("ADsPath", 'GetProperty', $null, $_, $null)
# Find out if this is a local or domain object
if ($path -like "*/$Computer/*") {
$Type = "Local"
}
else {
$Type = "Domain"
}
$Details = "" | Select-Object ComputerName, Account, Class, Group, Path, Type
$Details.ComputerName = $Computer
$Details.Account = $name
$Details.Class = $class
$Details.Group = $GroupName
$details.Path = $path
$details.Type = $type
# Show the Output
$Details
}
}#IF(Everything_is_OK)
}#Foreach
}#PROCESS BLOCK
END { Write-Verbose -Message "Script Done" }#END BLOCK
} #Function Get-LocalGroupMembership
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