Learning ADSI - Part I: Adding Users To W2K

Learning ADSI - Part I: Adding Users To W2K
By Remie Bolte
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Introduction
As the desire and need for the Internet grew, Microsoft created new products and modified its old ones. Windows OS required features that gave developers and administrators the option to perform tasks remotely. Microsoft responded in part with Active Directory Services Interface (ADSI). ADSI provides a single set of directory interfaces for accessing and managing network resources. So for instance, an administrator could change user permissions or add a user to a network, independent of network environment, using a Web interface or a VB program.

Caveat
Please keep in mind that you are going to modify the basics of the Windows NT security model. You should be very alert when dealing with ADSI. Keep in mind that a simple mistype could mean reformatting and reinstalling your system. Don't do it on a operational machine! Please know that I have tried to make the following code as accurate as possible. Yet I can't guarantee their outcome. So please don't just copy and paste. I know it is very attractive, but it could cause you to spend the next couple of hours looking at a very appealing Windows installation screen.

Windows Security Account Manager
The Security Account Manager (SAM) is the portion of Windows which registers and holds all user information and knows all the default configuration settings. Our first meeting with SAM entails the process of creating a user. This applies to Windows 2000 as well as Windows NT 4.0.
NOTE: In order for the following code to work, administrator rights are required.

Adding A User to The SAM
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1. AddUser    "newuser","mydomain"
2.
3.     Sub AddUser(strUser,strDomain)
4.     Dim Computer
5.     Dim User