C# Signature:
[DllImport("Netapi32.dll", SetLastError=true)]
public extern static int NetUserGetLocalGroups([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string servername,
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string username,
int level,
int flags,
out IntPtr bufptr,
int prefmaxlen,
out int entriesread,
out int totalentries);
VB Signature:
<DllImport("Netapi32.dll", SetLastError := True)> _
Public Shared Function NetUserGetLocalGroups(
<MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)> ByVal servername As String,
<MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)> ByVal username As String, _
ByVal level As Integer, _
ByVal flags As Integer, _
ByRef bufptr As IntPtr, _
ByVal prefmaxlen As Integer, _
ByRef entriesread As Integer, _
ByRef totalentries As Integer) As Integer
End Function
User-Defined Types:
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet=CharSet.Unicode)]
internal struct LOCALGROUP_USERS_INFO_0
{
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]internal string name;
}
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
internal struct LOCALGROUP_USERS_INFO_1
{
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] public string name;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] public string comment;
}
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Sample Code:
//Example code to place in a class.
#region pInvoke Items
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet=CharSet.Unicode)]
public struct LOCALGROUP_USERS_INFO_0
{
public string groupname;
}
[DllImport("Netapi32.dll", SetLastError=true)]
public extern static int NetUserGetLocalGroups
([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string servername,
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string username,
int level,
int flags,
out IntPtr bufptr,
int prefmaxlen,
out int entriesread,
out int totalentries);
[DllImport("Netapi32.dll", SetLastError=true)]
public static extern int NetApiBufferFree(IntPtr Buffer);
#endregion
private ArrayList GetUserLocalGroups(string ServerName,string Username, int Flags)
{
ArrayList myList = new ArrayList();
int EntriesRead;
int TotalEntries;
IntPtr bufPtr;
ErrorCode = NetUserGetLocalGroups(ServerName,Username,0,Flags,out bufPtr,-1,out EntriesRead, out TotalEntries);
if(ErrorCode==0)
{
_ErrorMessage="Successful";
}
else
{
_ErrorMessage="Username or computer not found";
}
if(Flags>1)
_ErrorMessage="Flags can only be 0 or 1";
if(EntriesRead> 0)
{
LOCALGROUP_USERS_INFO_0[] RetGroups = new LOCALGROUP_USERS_INFO_0[EntriesRead];
IntPtr iter = bufPtr;
for(int i=0; i < EntriesRead; i++)
{
var itemPtr = iter + (Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(LOCALGROUP_USERS_INFO_0)) * i)
RetGroups[i] = (LOCALGROUP_USERS_INFO_0)Marshal.PtrToStructure(itemPtr, typeof(LOCALGROUP_USERS_INFO_0));
myList.Add(RetGroups[i].groupname);
}
NetApiBufferFree(bufPtr);
}
return myList;
}
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//Example code for calling application
ArrayList RetGroups = new ArrayList();
RetGroups =DsDomain.GetUserLocalGroup(null,"administrator",0);
foreach(string str in RetGroups)
{
Console.WriteLine(str);
}
Sample Powershell Code
$TypeDefinition=@"
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Collections;
using System.Net.Sockets;
//LG_INCLUDE_INDIRECT=1
namespace Netapi32 {
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet=CharSet.Unicode)]
internal struct LOCALGROUP_USERS_INFO_0 {
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]internal string name;
}
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
internal struct LOCALGROUP_USERS_INFO_1 {
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] public string name;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] public string comment;
}
public static class api {
[DllImport("Netapi32.dll", SetLastError=true)]
public extern static int NetUserGetLocalGroups
([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string servername,
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string username,
int level,
int flags,
out IntPtr bufptr,
int prefmaxlen,
out int entriesread,
out int totalentries);
[DllImport("Netapi32.dll", SetLastError=true)]
public static extern int NetApiBufferFree(IntPtr Buffer);
}
public class NetUtil : IDisposable {
// Creates a new wrapper for the local machine
public NetUtil() { }
// Disposes of this wrapper
public void Dispose() { GC.SuppressFinalize(this); }
public ArrayList GetUserLocalGroups(string ServerName, string Username, int Flags) {
ArrayList myList = new ArrayList();
int EntriesRead;
int TotalEntries;
IntPtr bufPtr;
//int ErrorCode;
//string _ErrorMessage;
api.NetUserGetLocalGroups(ServerName,Username,0,Flags,out bufPtr,1024,out EntriesRead, out TotalEntries);
//ErrorCode = api.NetUserGetLocalGroups(ServerName,Username,0,Flags,out bufPtr,1024,out EntriesRead, out TotalEntries);
//if (ErrorCode==0) { _ErrorMessage="Successful"; }
//else { _ErrorMessage="Username or computer not found"; }
//if (Flags>1) _ErrorMessage="Flags can only be 0 or 1";
if (EntriesRead> 0) {
LOCALGROUP_USERS_INFO_0[] RetGroups = new LOCALGROUP_USERS_INFO_0[EntriesRead];
IntPtr iter = bufPtr;
for(int i=0; i < EntriesRead; i++) {
RetGroups[i] = (LOCALGROUP_USERS_INFO_0)Marshal.PtrToStructure(iter, typeof(LOCALGROUP_USERS_INFO_0));
iter = (IntPtr)((int)iter + Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(LOCALGROUP_USERS_INFO_0)));
myList.Add(RetGroups[i].name);
}
api.NetApiBufferFree(bufPtr);
}
return myList;
} //GetUserLocalGroups
// Occurs on destruction of the Wrapper
~NetUtil() { Dispose(); }
} // wrapper class
} // namespace
"@
Add-Type -TypeDefinition $TypeDefinition -PassThru
#$Netapi=new-object Netapi32.NetUtil
