Microsoft KB Archive/180546

= Automating Updates to Local Groups on Member Servers =

Article ID: 180546

Article Last Modified on 2/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

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This article was previously published under Q180546



SUMMARY
Batch files can be used to remotely add user accounts to local groups on all computers running Windows NT or Windows 2000 in a domain environment.



MORE INFORMATION
This article demonstrates how to create a batch file system that will add a user to all local administrators groups located on every computer running Windows NT or Windows 2000 within a domain environment.

The batch file system uses Netdom.exe from the Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit to create a list of computers running Windows NT that are operating as member servers or workstations in a domain. After the list is created, each computer from the list is pinged to determine if the computer is currently online. If the computer is online, Addusers.exe will be called to place a new user in the computer's local administrators group. If a computer was online, its name will be placed in a temporary file. After all computers have been processed, the temporary file will be compared to the list of computers from the domain, to create a new list of computers that have not yet been updated. This batch file system can be run multiple times to target only the computers that still need to be processed. Copy NETDOM.EXE, ADDUSERS.EXE, and REG.EXE from the Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit to the folder where the scripts are.

To create these batch files, perform the following steps:

 Create the following batch files from the listing below:

INSUSER.BAT, SUB1.BAT, SUB2.BAT, SUB3.BAT, SUB4.BAT,

SUB5.BAT, and ADDUSERS.DAT.

 Edit the first line of INSUSER.BAT to reflect the domain name where the target computers are located. Change the  in the second line in Addusers.dat to reflect the name of the user you wish to add to each computer's local administrators group. Make sure there is one blank line at the top of the Addusers.dat file. Log on into the network with domain administrator credentials for the domain you wish to modify. Make sure the Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit has been installed, and is accessible through the system path. This system uses Netdom.exe and Addusers.exe from the resource kit. Run the INSUSER.BAT. This batch file may take many hours to complete. Examine the contents of Complete.txt and Working.txt. The Complete.txt file contains the names of the computers that were updated, the Working.txt file contains the names of the computers that still need processing.</li></ol>

Repeat Steps 5 & 6 as necessary.

If you need to start the entire process over from scratch, delete all .txt files, then start at Step 1.

Filename: INSUSER.BAT

set CurrentDomain=mydomain echo off cls if (%CurrentDomain%) == (mydomain) echo Edit the first line of INSUSER.BAT. if (%CurrentDomain%) == (mydomain) echo then rerun INSUSER.BAT if (%CurrentDomain%) == (mydomain) goto verybottom if not exist addusers.dat goto DisplayAddUsers rem *** Display current variable settings *** echo Current domain is %CurrentDomain%. echo. rem *** Determine if working list is present *** If exist working.txt echo Working list detected, resuming batch process. If exist working.txt goto SkipCreateList echo Creating a list of member servers in %CurrentDomain%. echo. netdom /d:%CurrentDomain% member > working.txt rem *** Remove NETDOM formatting from server names *** if exist temp.txt del temp.txt for /F "skip=6 delims=\ tokens=2" %%a in (working.txt) do call sub1.bat %%a del working.txt ren temp.txt working.txt
 * SkipCreateList

rem *** Determine if machine is online *** if exist online.txt del online.txt for /F "delims=\\ tokens=1" %%a in (working.txt) do call sub2.bat %%a rem *** Remove servers that have been processed from WORKING.TXT *** if not exist online.txt goto NoServersOnline echo. echo Updating list of servers that need to be processed. for /F "delims= tokens=1" %%a in (online.txt) do call sub4.bat %%a echo List complete. goto Bottom
 * DisplayAddUsers

Echo. Echo. You must modify the contents of ADDUSERS.DA, then rename the Echo. file to ADDUSERS.DAT. Then re-run this batch file. goto verybottom
 * NoServersOnline

Echo. Echo There are no servers currently online that can be processed.
 * Bottom

echo. echo echo --- Finished processing servers. --- echo
 * verybottom

Filename: SUB1.BAT

rem *** Remove formatting from Netdom output *** echo %1 >> temp.txt

Filename: SUB2.BAT

echo Pinging %1... ping %1 > PING.TXT for /F "skip=6 tokens=4" %%a in (PING.TXT) do call sub3.bat %%a %1 del PING.TXT

Filename: SUB3.BAT rem *** If server is online it will be logged in online.txt for *** rem *** processing later. *** rem ***   %2 is a bogus variable, thrown away. if not (%1) == (bytes) goto NotOnline echo %3 >> ONLINE.TXT echo [%3 is online.] rem *********************************************** rem *** Put per-server processing commands here *** rem *********************************************** rem *** The following section determines if ******* rem *** Workstation or Server is running   ******* rem ***********************************************

REM Next Line wrapped by text editor for readability, it should all be on one line for /F "delims= tokens=3" %%i IN ('reg query hklm\system\currentcontrolset\control\ProductOptions\ProductType \\%3') DO set product_type=%%i REM End single line

if "%product_type%"=="" goto Undetermined if "%product_type%"=="WinNT" goto Workstation if "%product_type%"=="ServerNT" goto Server if "%product_type%"=="LanmanNT" goto DomainController


 * Undetermined

echo Unable to determine Windows NT Product Type, check the following echo registry key for product type echo. echo hklm\system\currentcontrolset\control\ProductOptions\ProductType echo. echo Expected values echo. echo ProductType  Product echo echo WinNT        Windows NT Workstation is running echo ServerNT     Windows NT Server is running echo LanmanNT     Windows NT Domain controller echo. echo %3 >>undetermined.txt goto Sub3bot


 * DomainController

echo %3 >>dc.txt goto sub3bot


 * Server

echo %3 is a Server, skipping... echo %3 >>server.txt goto adduser


 * Workstation

echo %3 is a Workstation, processing %3 echo %3 >> wks.txt goto adduser


 * adduser

ECHO Adding new user to local administrators group on %3. ECHO *** \\%3 *** >> local.log rem Add a user to each member servers local administrators group ADDUSERS \\%3 /C addusers.dat > nul rem ***************************************************** rem net send %3 "it worked" rem *** Put per-server processing commands above here *** rem ***************************************************** goto Sub3Bot
 * NotOnline
 * Sub3Bot

Filename: SUB4.BAT

rem *** loop thru each name in working.txt and remove servers that were rem *** in online.txt. echo Removing %1 from list. if exist temp.txt del temp.txt for /F "tokens=1" %%a in (working.txt) do call sub5.bat %%a %%1 del working.txt if exist temp.txt ren temp.txt working.txt

Filename: SUB5.BAT

rem *** Filter out servers that have been updated *** rem %1 is name from working.txt rem %2 is name from online.txt if (%1) == (%2) echo %1 >> complete.txt if not (%1) == (%2) echo %1 >> temp.txt

Filename: ADDUSERS.DAT

[Local] Administrators,Members can fully administer the computer,<domain\user>,

Additionally, you can configure these batch files to execute the single command on workstations or servers only, see Specifying Servers or Workstations.

Specifying Servers or Workstations
By replacing the SUB3.BAT with the following batch file, REG.EXE from the reskit is used to check the product type in the registry (server, workstation or domain controller). By changing the goto command in the :server and :workstation sections, you can control if the command is run against server or workstations as follows:

GOTO Sub3bot - This product type will be skipped. GOTO Adduser - Commands in :addusers section will be processed against this product type.

Currently, only workstation is selected. The contents of complete.txt can be ignored when using this modified sub3.bat. Check LOCAL.LOG to determine which machines have been updated. Here's a description of the log files that may be generated.

LOCAL.LOG - Machines that have been updated.

WKS.TXT - Machines that have been identified as workstations.

SERVER.TXT - Machines identified as SERVERS.

UNDETERMINED.TXT - Machines that are identified in server manager as a server or workstation but do not have the product type defined in the registry. Or the registry could not be read remotely.

DC.TXT - Machines that are identified in server manager as a server or workstation but the product type defined in the registry indicates this is a domain controller. These system will not be processed.

WORKING - Contains a list of machines that are listed in server manager but did respond to PING. This list is used when running the batch files a second or third time.

Filename SUB3.BAT

rem *** If server is online it will be logged in online.txt for *** rem *** processing later. *** rem ***   %2 is a bogus variable, thrown away. if not (%1) == (bytes) goto NotOnline echo %3 >> ONLINE.TXT echo [%3 is online.] rem *********************************************** rem *** Put per-server processing commands here *** rem *********************************************** rem *** The following section determines if ******* rem *** Workstation or Server is running   ******* rem ***********************************************

REM Next Line wrapped by text editor for readability, it should all be on one line for /F "tokens=3" %%i IN ('reg query hklm\system\currentcontrolset\control\ProductOptions\ProductType \\%3') DO set product_type=%%i REM End single line

if "%product_type%"=="" goto Undetermined if "%product_type%"=="WinNT" goto Workstation if "%product_type%"=="ServerNT" goto Server if "%product_type%"=="LanmanNT" goto DomainController


 * Undetermined

echo Unable to determine Windows NT Product Type, check the following echo registry key for product type echo. echo hklm\system\currentcontrolset\control\ProductOptions\ProductType echo. echo Expected values echo. echo ProductType  Product echo echo WinNT        Windows NT Workstation is running echo ServerNT     Windows NT Server is running echo LanmanNT     Windows NT Domain controller echo. echo %3 >>undetermined.txt goto Sub3bot


 * DomainController

echo %3 >>dc.txt goto sub3bot

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