List of user groups command line

On Windows OS we can find the list of local user groups created on a system from Contorl Panel -> User Accounts. This information can be obtained from command line also using net command. Syntax is shown below.

Example: Running this command shows the following local groups on my system.

How to list the users in a local group?

Use the below command to know the list of members of a group from command line.

For example to get the list of all remote desktop users on a system we can run the below command.

How to find the list of all groups a user is member of?
You can run the below command to list the groups a user is member of. This command prints the details of the given user account. You can find the group membership information in the last two line of this command output.

Useful references, however “net use username” should be changed to “net user username”

Thank you Kennedy. Corrected the command.

Please get me a command which will display all local users as: LOGIN, FULL NAME, DESCRIPTION, GROUP etc..

I’d just like to express my frustration with this API. As you can see in these examples, thet net API localgroups functionality will happily list all members of a group. However the net user code completely ignores system accounts, as does most of the rest of what Windows makes available. Internally they are organized as a subclass of Win32_Account but not Win32_UserAccount. So it’s possible to retrieve a bunch of useless information from the Windows API. This happens with LookupAccountSid as well. If you give it an SID like S-1-5-20, it will give you an answer. But the answer it gives you can’t be used as input for anything else, which is obnoxious.

You can query if users exist by doing

SET /P query_user=What user do i look for?
::Take out /domain if you want to look on the local computer
Net User %query_user% /domain
if NOT %errorlevel% == 0 goto s_error_1
if %errorlevel% == 0 goto s_success_1

“net user /domain username” lists only the groups to which the username is a direct member. It can’t show nested groups. I was doing a quick check to see if a username was a member of a group:

net user /domain username | find “Group Name”

That fails since the user is not directly a member of “Group Name”. In reality, they are a member, as they’re a member of a nested group.

Any idea of a command line that will expand groups to look for a particular member? I’ve used the “dsquery” and “dsget” commands, but they are only present if the AD tools are installed.

Very useful thanks, didn’t worked for me the first time.

The command is not case sensitive.

For example “NET USER /DOMAIN MYDOMAIN/MyUser” Didn’t worked.

But “NET USER /DOMAIN MyUser” works fine!
So not necessary to put explicitly the domain.

By the way it means also you can’t query another domain than the main one you are logged on to ?

Is there any option where we can get the multiple user’s output in excel for local computer and remote computer
net user userName

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AD: узнать в каких группах состоит пользователь / прямое и косвенное членство

В этой статье речь пойдет о том, как вывести список групп, в которых состоит пользователь. Конечно, это можно сделать из GUI, но не всегда такой вывод удовлетворяет цели.

Также, через GUI вы не определите ПОЛНЫЙ список членства (т.н. косвенное членство), когда одни группы могут быть вложены в другие.

Если группа, в которой состоит пользователь, является вложенной группой другой группы — пользователь наделяется полномочиями, заданными конечной группе, хотя и не является ее членом напрямую. Эту группу вы не увидите на вкладке пользователя «Член групп» (Member of)

Рассмотрим в рамках этой статьи следующие инструменты:

• whoami /groups — членство в группах текущего пользователя
• dsget user — покажет прямое и косвенное членство
• Get-ADUser (Powershell)

1) Whoami /groups

Если нам необходимо узнать, в каких группах состоит текущий пользователь , под которым мы залогинены, можно воспользоваться командой:

Правда вывод не очень удобен для восприятия. Будут отображены все группы с прямым и косвенным членством

2) Утилита dsget

Вывести список групп, в которых состоит пользователь:

(в данном примере выводим список групп, в которых состоит пользователь Peter Parker, находящийся в OU «IT department\Support team»)

Следующая команда отобразит расширенный список групп, в т.ч. в которых косвенно состоит пользователь (ключ -expand)

Утилита dsget доступна только на контроллерах домена

3) Get-ADUser

Для выполнения командлета Get-ADUser требуется установить Powershell модуль Active-Directory.

Чтобы вывести список групп требуемого пользователя в удобном формате, необходимо выполнить следующий конвейер команд в powershell:

Примечание: данная команда выведет прямое членство (по сути, содержимое закладки пользователя «Член групп» (Member of)

How to open Local Users and Groups on Windows 10

Apart from what is visible to you on the login screen, Windows 10 tends to create several users and groups in the background to carry out several tasks on a computer. However, they are not visible to a normal user and are logged in in the background and serve a great deal in permission structuring. Let us learn how to see and to manage Local Users and groups on a Windows 10/8/7 on the computer.

Open Local Users and Groups on Windows 10

The following methods will help you to open and view Local Users and Groups on Windows 10:

1. Using the Computer Management utility
2. Directly by using lusrmgr.msc.

Let us look at the procedure in detail. We will also take a look at how to add or remove Users from a Group.

1] Using the Computer Management utility

Open the WinX menu and select Computer Management.

From the left side navigation panel, select Local Users and Groups under the expanded list of Computer Management (Local).

You will see two folders here:

1. Users and
2. Groups.

Expanding each will give you the required details.

2] Directly by using lusrmgr.msc

To open Local Users and Groups window, you have to invoke its process, which is called lusrmgr.msc, and you can do this in the following four ways.

Using the Run box

Hit the Windows Key + R button combination on your keyboard.

Type in lusrmgr.msc and hit Enter.

It will open the Local Users and Groups window.

Using Windows Search box

Hit the Windows Key + S button combination on your keyboard. It will launch the Windows Search Box.

Search for lusrmgr.msc and hit Enter.

The Local Users and Group window will now be open.

Using Windows 10 Command Prompt

Open Windows Command Prompt and execute the following command:

You will arrive at your destination window.

Using Windows PowerShell command line

Open Windows PowerShell and execute the following command:

It will open at your destination window.

Add or remove Users from Group

To add or remove Users from a Group:

1. Open the Groups folder
2. Select the Group
3. Double-click on the group
4. Under the Members box, select the user you want to delete.
5. Click on the Delete button.

To add a User, click the Add button and follow the process.

Add a User to Group using Command Prompt

You need to execute the following command:

Replace GROUP and USER with the actual names.

Remove a User from a Group using Command Prompt

You need to execute the following command:

Replace GROUP and USER with the actual names.

Add a User to Group using PowerShell

You need to execute the following command:

Replace GROUP and USER with the actual names.

Remove a User from a Group using PowerShell

You need to execute the following command:

Replace GROUP and USER with the actual names.

I hope this helps.

Windows 10 Home user? These links may interest you:

1. Use freeware Lusrmgr tool to access Local User and Group Management in Windows 10 Home
2. Open and Manage Local User and Group Management in Windows 10 Home using Command Prompt or PowerShell.

How To Fix Group Policy: Error Windows could not determine if the user and computer accounts are in the same forest

If you have an issue where the User Policy doesn’t get updated and gives you an error about the user and computer accounts being in the same forest, then you’re in luck. The solution is actually rather simple, although an odd one that you usually wouldn’t run into. The full error message probably looks like this:

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> gpupdate
Updating policy…

Computer Policy update has completed successfully.
User Policy could not be updated successfully. The following errors were encountered:

The processing of Group Policy failed. Windows could not determine if the user and computer accounts are in the same forest. Ensure the user domain name matches the name of a trusted domain that resides in the same forest as the computer account.

How To Fix Group Policy: Error Windows could not determine if the user and computer accounts are in the same forest

To fix this error, you just need to start a Windows Service and you’ll probably want to set it to automatic to prevent the issue from coming back in the future.

• Click on Start
• Type in Services and select the one with the gear icon
• Scroll down and look for Netlogon, if the status is not Running, then that’s why you’re getting this issue
• Double-Click on Netlogon and change the Startup Type to Automatic and click the Start button
• Once the service is running, click the OK button
• Now try running gpupdate again

How to determine user account type on Windows 10

On Windows 10, you can create accounts with different privileges to control the tasks users can perform on your device.

Usually, you’ll see two account types, including the Administrator type, which allows users full control, meaning that they can run elevated tasks, install apps, and change settings that can affect all users. And then there’s the Standard User type, which is recommended for most cases but more limited. Using this account type, users can only run apps, change local settings (as long as they don’t affect other users), and they can’t run elevated tasks without permission.

Knowing the account type for each user (including your own account) can be useful information to determine if you need to change their account type to allow or restrict additional privileges to perform administrative tasks, as well as use certain apps.

In this Windows 10 guide, we walk you through five ways to determine whether a user has an Administrator or Standard User account type on your computer.

How to determine user account type using Settings

If you’re using the Settings app, depending on the user that you want to check, the account type will be listed in different places.

Determining your account type

To determine your account type with the Settings app, use these steps:

1. Open Settings.
2. Click Accounts.
3. Click Your info.

Under the «Your info» section, if it reads Administrator under your name, then the account is Administrator. Otherwise, if you don’t see anything, it’s a Standard user account type.

Once you complete these steps, you’ll know whether you have unlimited or limited access to the device.

Determining another account type

To determine account type for other users with the Settings app, use these steps:

1. Open Settings.
2. Click Accounts.
3. Click Family & other users.

Under the «Other users» section, select the account, and it if reads Administrator, the account is Administrator. Otherwise, if it reads Local account, it’s a Standard user account type.

If you have user accounts under the «Your family» section, select the account and click the Change account type button to reveal the account type of the user.

How to determine user account type using Control Panel

To check the account type of any user configured on your device with the Control Panel, use these steps:

1. Open Control Panel.
2. Click User Accounts.

Click Change account type.

If it reads Administrator under your name, the account is Administrator. Otherwise, if it reads Local Account, or you don’t see anything, it’s a Standard user account type.

Once you complete the steps, you’ll know whether the accounts are configured as Standard User or Administrator.

How to determine user account type using User Accounts

To tell if an account is an Administrator or Standard User using User Accounts (netplwiz), use these steps:

Open Start.

Type the following command and press Enter:

If the «Group» column reads Administrator (and Users), the account is Administrator. If the «Group» column only reads Users, the account is a Standard user account type.

After you complete these steps, you’ll be able to see the account type for all the users configured on your device.

How to determine user account type using Computer Management

To find out if a user has full or restricted access to your device with Computer Management, use these steps:

1. Open Start.
2. Search for Computer Management and click the top result to open the experience.
3. Under the «System Tools» section, expand the Local Users and Groups branch.
4. Select the Users branch.

Right-click the account for which you want to determine its type and select the Properties option.

If the «Member of» section reads Administrator (and Users), the account is Administrator. If the section only reads Users, the account is a Standard user account type.

Once you complete the steps, you may need to repeat the steps No. 5, No. 6, and No. 7 to determine the account type of the remaining users.

How to determine user account type using Command Prompt

Alternatively, you can also use Command Prompt to determine which user accounts are Administrator and Standard User with these steps:

Open Start.

Search for Command Prompt, right-click the top result, and select the Run as administrator option.

Type the following command to determine the account type for a particular user and press Enter:

net user ACCOUNT-NAME

In the command make sure to change the ACCOUNT-NAME to the actual name of the account that you want to check.

See the «Local Group Memberships» section to determine the user account type. If the section reads Administrator (and Users), then the account is Administrator. If the section only reads Users, then the account is a Standard User account type.

(Optional) Type the following command to determine all the Administrator accounts on your computer and press Enter:

net localgroup Administrators

(Optional) Type the following command to determine all the Standard User accounts on your computer and press Enter:

net localgroup Users

After you complete these steps, you’ll have a clear understanding of each account type on your computer.

More Windows 10 resources

For more helpful articles, coverage, and answers to common questions about Windows 10, visit the following resources:

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