Powershell - AD permissions all users

DustinB3403

So rather than the 5 header columns that are in the existing report of Username, Email Address, DistinguishedName, Enabled and Groups.

You want as many columns as you have permission groups, and the member users under each.

Is that correct?

pally

correct, the user, and all the groups they are a member of in alphabetical order, so they line up with the same groups for the next user if this is the case, if not it would leave a blank space so we can filter only with the same group.

I swear there must be an easier way to explain this lol

again thank you

dafyre

@pally said:

correct, the user, and all the groups they are a member of in alphabetical order, so they line up with the same groups for the next user if this is the case, if not it would leave a blank space so we can filter only with the same group.

I swear there must be an easier way to explain this lol

again thank you

You could actually write an example up in Excel of what you want the report to look like.

DustinB3403

He's attempting to sort it so all group members are in the same column of excel.

This isn't possible since not every member has the same permissions.

IE

User1 might have Share_Bananas_RW and Share_Beans_RW

But User2 only has Share_Bananas_RW

And User3 has Share_Beans_RW and Share_Apples_RO

Well in the Excel document, that's trying to sort by data that isn't there. It can't be done, to have all of the Share_Bananas_RW groups in column E for example.

Well Share_Apples_RO will always be in Column E (or whatever is open first) and everything else will be further down the sheet.

DustinB3403

Below you'll find a hand crafted version of what he's looking for.

UserName	         OU	            Enabled	     Groups	                                        Groups	                          Groups
ELAS Support	    ELAS	        TRUE	     AnyConnect Remote Access	Remote Desktop Users	
QTS Support	        QTS	            TRUE	     AnyConnect Remote Access	Remote Desktop Users	
Roshan Azeez	    NetCrowd	    TRUE	    AnyConnect Remote Access	Remote Desktop Users

The above is an example of a hand crafted version.

But if ELAS Support has Administrators in it, AnyConnect Remote Access wouldn't be the first group.

it would instead be

UserName	         OU	            Enabled	     Groups	                                        Groups	                          Groups
ELAS Support	    ELAS	        TRUE	    Administrators                                 AnyConnect Remote Access	Remote Desktop Users	
QTS Support	        QTS	            TRUE	                                                               AnyConnect Remote Access	Remote Desktop Users	
Roshan Azeez	    NetCrowd	    TRUE	                                                               AnyConnect Remote Access	Remote Desktop Users

Dashrender

Sounds like something like this would suit him

This would be very involved though. You'd need to enumerate every group for each user, creating an x or o based upon if they are or are not a member.

then you could short this by username and see what they are and aren't members of.

Good luck.

pally

Thanks @DustinB3403 that is exactly what I am trying to do, if anyone @DustinB3403 has tried and said it cannot be done, if it can be done and someone can shed some light I would be very grateful.

Thanks

Dashrender

Is this what you want?

pally

@Dashrender that is exactly what I need. is it possible to do?

Dashrender

Adding the Administrator group to a new user would change it to look like this

pally

that would be ideal, if this is possible please let me know how @Dashrender

Dashrender

@pally said:

@Dashrender that is exactly what I need. is it possible to do?

Sure, it's possible, don't ask me how I'm not a scripter, but I do understand the basic logic now.

you create a loop that reads in the first user, then looks a list of known groups and sees if it's a member or not, if not, you leave a blank (for the cell) and the close marker for that cell, then check against the next group.

So you end up with two nested loops, the outer loop is going through all users, the inner loop goes through all groups.

pally

if anyone thanks to @Dashrender and of course @DustinB3403 can make this happen, you will make me a happy guy :).

Dashrender

Here is a very rudimentary sudo code

Dashrender

Pally, if you understand the scripts you have in front of you, you might be able to change them yourself to follow the logic I wrote up.

Dashrender

Also @pally I ask that you don't post my sudo code on any other sites. You are more than welcome to direct people to this thread, but don't repost.

pally

i understand the code but i am far from a scripter. i understand the logic but would not be able to put this as a powershell.

Dashrender

@pally said:

i understand the code but i am far from a scripter. i understand the logic but would not be able to put this as a powershell.

Now sounds like a great time to learn.

Dashrender

You're probably not going to find someone here who's willing to write you a script for free. Perhaps you can offer a fee for service?

Or @ntg could give you a quote for making it.

pally

you probably right, @Dashrender unfortunately, this would be coming out of my own pocket and not the companies which is why I cannot go ahead.

Thanks again for all the input team, been a brilliant help. until the next time