How to add and remove local user account for server not in the domain ?

[albertwt]

#154838

Hi,

Is there any way to create a custom user as local admin of server that is not joined to the domain ?

I tried the following script but it failed in line SetInfo on VBScript:

‘ get target machine name and password
‘ from command line arguments
strServer = “DMZWebServer-VM” ‘wscript.arguments(0)
strPwd = “Password#” ‘wscript.arguments(1)
strUser = “ITOperations”

‘ connect to target machine and
‘ create new user
Set oServer = GetObject (“WinNT://” & strServer)
Set oUser = oServer.Create (“user”, strUser)
oUser.SetPassword strPwd
oUser.SetInfo

‘ add new user to ‘Administrators’ group
Set Group = GetObject(“WinNT://” & strServer & “/administrators,group”)
Group.Add(oUser.ADsPath)
Group.Setinfo

‘ release objects
Set oServer = nothing
Set oUser = nothing
Set group= nothing[/CODE]

or using powershell:

[CODE]$Group = New-Object DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry(“WinNT://192.168.1.156/Administrators”, “ITOperations”, “Password#123”)
$Group.Add(“WinNT://192.168.1.156/ITOperations”)[/CODE]

they are all unable to add user itno the non domain joined server ?

Any other help would be greatly appreciated.[CODE]’ get target machine name and password
‘ from command line arguments
strServer = “DMZWebServer-VM” ‘wscript.arguments(0)
strPwd = “Password#” ‘wscript.arguments(1)
strUser = “ITOperations”

‘ connect to target machine and
‘ create new user
Set oServer = GetObject (“WinNT://” & strServer)
Set oUser = oServer.Create (“user”, strUser)
oUser.SetPassword strPwd
oUser.SetInfo

‘ add new user to ‘Administrators’ group
Set Group = GetObject(“WinNT://” & strServer & “/administrators,group”)
Group.Add(oUser.ADsPath)
Group.Setinfo

‘ release objects
Set oServer = nothing
Set oUser = nothing
Set group= nothing[/CODE]

or using powershell:

$Group = New-Object DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry(“WinNT://192.168.1.156/Administrators”, “ITOperations”, “Password#123”)
$Group.Add(“WinNT://192.168.1.156/ITOperations”)[/CODE]

they are all unable to add user itno the non domain joined server ?

Any other help would be greatly appreciated.[CODE]$Group = New-Object DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry(“WinNT://192.168.1.156/Administrators”, “ITOperations”, “Password#123”)
$Group.Add(“WinNT://192.168.1.156/ITOperations”)[/CODE]

they are all unable to add user itno the non domain joined server ?

Any other help would be greatly appreciated.

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