Python Programming On Win32

Creating, Changing, and Deleting Users and Groups

Creating users and groups is a simple process. All you need to do is create a dictionary with the information for the user and call win32net.NetUserAdd() or win32net.NetGroupAdd(). Depending on the information you need to set for the user, the information level can be 1, 2, or 3, corresponding to PyGROUP_INFO_1, PyGROUP_INFO_2, and PyGROUP_INFO_3 respectively. Refer to Appendix B for the dictionary elements in these information levels.

win32net.NetUserAdd(server, level, data)

server

The name of the server to execute on or None for the current machine.

level

The level of information provided in the data parameter.

data

A dictionary with data corresponding to the level.

The simplest way to start is to create a dictionary corresponding to information level 1. Some of the attributes are optional. You can create a new user with the following code:

>>> d={}
>>> d['name'] = "PythonTestUser"
>>> d['password'] = "Top Secret"
>>> d['comment'] = "A user created by some Python demo code"
>>> d['flags'] = win32netcon.UF_NORMAL_ACCOUNT | win32netcon.UF_SCRIPT
>>> d['priv'] = win32netcon.USER_PRIV_USER
>>> win32net.NetUserAdd(None, 1, d)
>>>

Most of the attributes are self-explanatory. The flags attribute specifies the type of account to create. The Win32 documentation states that the use of the UF_SCRIPT flag is necessary. The priv attribute controls the privileges of the new user; you are creating a normal user. See Appendix B for more details on ...