DirectoryServices, create groups, add users to group

using System;


using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Text;

using System.DirectoryServices;

using System.Diagnostics;

using System.IO;



namespace CreateQSPRUserGroups

{

class Program

{

private string QTM_Directory = @"C:\Program Files\QUALCOMM\QDART\bin";

private const string SUBKEY = "Path";



private const string QSPR_POWER_USERS = "QSPR Power Users";

private const string QSPR_GROUP_DESCRIPTION = "QSPR Power Users have Engineer Privileges to run QSPR";



private const string QSPR_TECH_USERS = "QSPR Tech Users";

private const string QSPR_TECH_GROUP_DESCRIPTION = "QSPR Tech Users have Technician Privileges to run QSPR";



static void Main(string[] args)

{

//write to a log file also all the output messages for debugging later

using (FileStream fs = new FileStream("CreateGroups.log", FileMode.Create))

{

using (StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(fs))

{

Console.SetOut(sw);



CreateUserGroup(QSPR_POWER_USERS, QSPR_GROUP_DESCRIPTION);

CreateUserGroup(QSPR_TECH_USERS, QSPR_TECH_GROUP_DESCRIPTION);

AddAdminUsersToGroup();

sw.Close();

}

}



}



private static void CreateUserGroup(string groupName, string groupDescription)

{

try

{

Console.WriteLine(string.Format("{0} - ", DateTime.Now) + "Starting to add group " + groupName);

DirectoryEntry entry = new DirectoryEntry("WinNT://" +

Environment.MachineName + ",computer");

Console.WriteLine(string.Format("{0} - ", DateTime.Now) + "Found the NT directory.");



DirectoryEntry qtmGroup = entry.Children.Add(groupName, "group");

Console.WriteLine(string.Format("{0} - ", DateTime.Now) + "Setup the group");

qtmGroup.Invoke("Put", new object[] { "Description", groupDescription });

Console.WriteLine(string.Format("{0} - ", DateTime.Now) + "Setup the group's description");



qtmGroup.CommitChanges();

Console.WriteLine(string.Format("{0} - ", DateTime.Now) + groupName + " added");



}

catch (Exception ex)

{

Console.WriteLine(string.Format("{0} - ", DateTime.Now) + string.Format("Failed to create user group {0}, Error: {1}, InnerException: {2}",

groupName, ex.Message, ex.InnerException));

}

}



private static void AddAdminUsersToGroup()

{

try

{

DirectoryEntry AD3 = new DirectoryEntry("WinNT://" +

Environment.MachineName + ",computer");



DirectoryEntry grp;

Console.WriteLine(string.Format("{0} - ", DateTime.Now) + "Finding the QSPR Power users");

grp = AD3.Children.Find(QSPR_POWER_USERS, "group");

if (grp != null)

{

using (DirectoryEntry groupEntry = new DirectoryEntry("WinNT://./Administrators,group"))

{

foreach (object member in (System.Collections.IEnumerable)groupEntry.Invoke("Members"))

{

using (DirectoryEntry memberEntry = new DirectoryEntry(member))

{

try

{

grp.Invoke("Add", new object[] { memberEntry.Path.ToString() });

Console.WriteLine(string.Format("{0} - ", DateTime.Now) + "Adding user " + memberEntry.ToString());

}

catch (Exception ex)

{

Console.WriteLine(string.Format("{0} - ", DateTime.Now) + "User already added." + ex.Message);

}



}

}

}

}



}

catch (Exception ex)

{

Console.WriteLine(string.Format("{0} - ", DateTime.Now) + string.Format("Add admin users failed, Error: {0}, InnerException: {1}", ex.Message, ex.InnerException));

}

}

}

}