windows-localgroups

A native addon for node.js to query local groups on Windows platforms

Install

C:\Users\myUser>npm install windows-localgroups

Usage

var localgroups = require('windows-localgroups')

For each of the three available functions, the user may expect the result of querying the localhost as the synchronous return value if no callback function is added to the argument list. Simply supply a callback function as the last argument to turn the call asynchronous.
A callback function is required if a host other than the localhost is to be queried.

Note: In some environments, the synchronous functions may throw an Error of "access is denied to current user", and any of the asynchronous functions may pass this error to the callback. This would be a consequence of the user's permissions versus the particular security configuration of the domain.

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API

localgroups.list()

Synchronous. Returns a list of all local groups defined on the local system.

• Return: {Array} array of objects, each with two properties:
  • name {String} Name of local group
  • comment {String | null} Descriptive comment

localgroups.list([hostname,] callback)

Asynchronous. Passes a list of all local groups defined on the local system (or, optionally, on the system named by hostname) to the callback function. If hostname is given and it is unknown or cannot be accessed, an Error is passed back.

• hostname {String} Optional.
  The name of a host in the domain to query. An empty value (undefined, null, or empty string) may be passed to get the same effect as omitting this argument.
• callback {Function}
  • error {Error | null}
  • data {Array} as described for return value of synchronous version, if no error.

localgroups.getMembers(groupName)

Synchronous. Returns a list of member data for the named group if it is known on the local system; otherwise an Error is thrown.

• groupName {String} Name of local group.
• Return: {Array} array of objects, each with three properties:
  • sid {String} The unique security identifier (SID) of the member
  • accountType {String} one of the following:
    "user", "group", "well-known group", "deleted", "unknown"
  • domainAndName {String} The domain-qualified name of the member
    (i.e. "DomainName\\AccountName")

localgroups.getMembers(groupName [, hostname], callback)

Asynchronous. Passes a list of all member data for the named group (optionally on the system named by hostname) to the callback function, if the local group name is known; otherwise an Error is passed to the callback. If hostname is given and it is unknown or cannot be accessed, an Error is passed back.

• groupName {String} Name of local group.
• hostname {String} Optional.
  The name of a host in the domain to query. An empty value (undefined, null, or empty string) may be passed to get the same effect as omitting this argument.
• callback {Function}
  • error {Error | null}
  • data {Array} as described for return value of synchronous version, if no error.

localgroups.getComment(groupName)

Synchronous. Returns the descriptive comment (or null if none) for the named group if it is known on the local system; otherwise an Error is thrown.

• groupName {String} Name of local group.
• Return: {String | null} The comment associated with the named group

localgroups.getComment(groupName [, hostname], callback)

Asynchronous. Passes the descriptive comment (or null if none) for the named group (optionally on the system named by hostname) to the callback function, if the local group name is known; otherwise an Error is passed to the callback. If hostname is given and it is unknown or cannot be accessed, an Error is passed back.

• groupName {String} Name of local group.
• hostname {String} Optional.
  The name of a host in the domain to query. An empty value (undefined, null, or empty string) may be passed to get the same effect as omitting this argument.
• callback {Function}
  • error {Error | null}
  • data {String | null} The comment associated with the named group, if no error.

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License: MIT