The following function uses the ADSI provider and some tricks to determine the members of the local Administrators group on any of your Windows Servers. Check it out:
function Get-LocalAdmins
{
param([string]$serverName)
$ErrorActionPreference = “Stop”
If ($serverName -eq “”)
{
Write-Host “Usage: Get-LocalAdmins“`
-ForegroundColor yellow
}
Else
{
$Group = [ADSI]“WinNT://$serverName/Administrators”
$Memberlist = @($Group.PSBase.Invoke(“Members”))
$Members = $Memberlist |
%{$_.GetType().InvokeMember(“Name”,’GetProperty’,$null,$_,$null)}
Return $Members
}
}
You use it simply by typing Get-LocalAdmins MYSERVER. Ain’t that neat?
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Hi,
I am new to the scripting.Could you please let me know how to run this function?
Thanks,
Sumit
1. Save it as Get-LocalAdmins.ps1
2. Start Powershell
3. Dot-source the script by typing the full path to the script, preceeded by a dot and a space
4. Run Get-LocalAdmins YOURSERVERNAME
Hugo
Thanks…it works…
UPDATE: Be advised that this command might generate warning events in the System Event Log with Event-ID 2510: The server service was unable to map error code 1722. Other sources on the internet will tell you this error code means The RPC Server was unavailable. I believe this error message is benign. If anybody can give more insight on this, please add a comment.
Hugo