[wpkg-users] WPKP User Management

[Nils Thiele]

Well i allready found a bug, cant believe i missed this one.

Output from the executed commands wasnt encoded correctly so the program 
crashed with some characters.
I did a dirty fix and now it works again.

Find the working Version here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xvqzgccclcccg4q/wpkg_users_0.81.zip?dl=0



Am 13.10.2015 um 15:50 schrieb Nils Thiele:
> Hey there....
> it took a bit longer than planned but i finally have a working version 
> for everyone to test.
> I have been able to add support for english cmd output.
> It now works with german system (Win7/8.1) and should also work with 
> everything else that outputs in english.
>
> I havent tried any other foreign languages or special symbols. Please 
> report back if you have any problems.
> This should also work on windows 10, but i havnt tried it yet.
>
> You can find a compiled version including source and readme here:
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/tcbffihmy3axyr2/wpkg_users_0.8.zip?dl=0
>
> For profile folder deletion the tool relies on DelProf2:
> https://helgeklein.com/free-tools/delprof2-user-profile-deletion-tool/
> (The delprof2.exe needs to be place next to wpkgs_users tool)
>
> Please be careful and read the help file carefully before trying 
> anything on a real system.
> I advise to use this in a virtual machine or test system first!
>
> Im looking forward to any feedback, bug reports and suggestions!
>
> Best Regards,
> Nils T.
>
> Am 06.10.2015 um 10:36 schrieb Nils Thiele:
>> Hey,
>> i was searching for a program to easily manage remote local user 
>> accounts (Win7, Win8) for system that are not connected to a domain 
>> or something similar.
>> I found nothing i could combine with wpkg so i came up with my own 
>> solution.
>>
>> The program is written in python, a compiled version (exe) is quite 
>> big (8MB) but i didnt notice any problems running this on my system 
>> at boot and you could always install it on local hdd first before 
>> executing it.
>>
>> The program reads a supplied xml file and compares the users in the 
>> xml to the local users on the system. it will delete accounts that 
>> are not in the server list and create accounts that are in the list 
>> but not on the system. (The forcefull removement of accounts is not 
>> activated by default)
>>
>> On first run or if the supplied xml path isnt valid it will create 
>> the xml itself and add all local accounts to the list.
>>
>> You can also deactivate or activate users, set expire dates, change 
>> passwords or force the user to change it iself on first logon and log 
>> logon dates for the users if you wish to do so.
>>
>> Managing local groups for accounts and resetting (deleting profile 
>> folder only) should be implemented over the week.
>>
>> Even tho the program is quite big in compiled form its very fast 
>> (well it only parses a xml and executes cmd command and capture their 
>> output).  I noticed no problem excuting this on every boot (using 
>> wpkg-gp and execute=Always) even starting it directly from the wpkg 
>> share.
>>
>> Now i was wondering if anyone else is intrested in a tool like this.
>> I wrote and tested this on german win7/8.1 systems and the software 
>> relies on the cmd output of the "net" command. On a german system 
>> this output is german so it wont work without modifications on a 
>> system that outputs in a different language.
>> But if there is demand i will atleast add support for english output 
>> and maybe implement support for language files.
>>
>> Greetings,
>> Nils
>>
>

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