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Yasser Sobhdel
Asked: 2013-04-22 23:30:54 +0800 CST

How to find a user in a specific group using wmi

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I have added a "SearchingUser" user to administrators group of a remote server "RemoteServer". I am trying to verify the user is added to the server using WMIC and this is the command:

wmic /node:RemoteServer useraccount where "name='SearchingUser' and Domain='domainNameHere'" list

I am sure the user is added but the query result is:

"No Instance(s) Available"

How can I find if the user is added to specified group thru WMI

Thanks

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2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    There are some syntax requirements that may fool the request.

    If I do not use the full domain name between quotes sais "The rcp server is unavailable"

    for me worked:

    wmic /node:"ADSERVER01.local" useraccount where Name='Pirulo' GET Name,SID
Else 
/node:"ADSERVER01.local" /User:"DOMAIN\Max" /Password:"SecretPassword" useraccount where Name='Pirulo' GET Name,SID

    By the way, if not asking to the Domain Server it will return "Not instance(s) available"

    Best Regards

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  2. Your syntax seems correct but what are you using for the value of Domain? Is the user a local or domain user? Assuming it's a local user, the value of Domain needs to be the computer's hostname.

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