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Automation of NT Domain

Improve domain administration tasks, user and group management, authentication, security control, secure networking, and logging with the DESY WindowsNT Group solution.

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Automation of NT Domain

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  1. Automation of NT Domain Christian Trachimow The DESY WindowsNT Group

  2. Domain administration tasks • Domain data • 1000 PCs / 1500 Users • 50 groups • 4 central home directory servers, 2 home directory servers in groups • MS Dfs server • TEM • user / group management • Administrative tasks: • users: create, move, delete, archive, rename • groups: ... The DESY WindowsNT Group

  3. General problems • Impersonation • Run scripts with administrative rights (in domain) • Authentication • who wants to execute a script • Security control / delegation • allow execution to a group of users • Secure networking • Easy invocation • Logging • Prevent misuse (check parameters) The DESY WindowsNT Group

  4. Solution: Transaction Server • Impersonation MTX • Authentication NTLM (DCOM) • Security control MTX (“Roles”) • Secure networking DCOM (“packet privacy”) • Invocation DCOM • Logging COM module • Check parameters COM module • Execute script COM module The DESY WindowsNT Group

  5. IsCallerInRole ? Roles Transaction Server • Connection pooling, thread pooling, transaction support GetConnectingUser Impersonation Transaction support Network security Impersonation COM dll Script Roles Roles: list of users or groups The DESY WindowsNT Group

  6. c:\scripts\du.bat param1 username Inside the COM object %WINDIR%\system32\DomainAuto.cfg Roles #comment#format: (separator = tab) #ScriptName Script Role Flag0/1DeleteComputer C:\scripts\dc.bat RoleDC 0 # DeleteUser C:\scripts\du.bat Admins 1 RoleDC:GroupAdmusg_ Admins:DomainAdmins Set obj = CreateObject(“DomainAuto.DomainAuto”) . obj.InvokeScript(“DeleteUser”, ”param1 ..”) The DESY WindowsNT Group

  7. Scripting Host Usage • 1. Write script • 2. Configure script • put it on MTX server • define “role” • change .cfg • Common script name • Script location • Role name • 1 / 0 : if name of the connecting user should be passed to script • 3. Write Web interface / client script • MTX automatically creates client setup script • easy to deploy The DESY WindowsNT Group

  8. Web Interface • Separate Web (IIS) accessible via SSL • User has to authenticate • Challenge / Response does not allow to pass authentication to another server • Basic authentication gets password • DCOM interface is used to execute the script on transaction server • Web is configured to run .asp as user (impersonation) • Packet privacy is used for DCOM security • Write asp and establish DCOM connection:Set obj = CreateObject(“DomainAuto.DomainAuto”) strResult = obj.InvokeScriptWithReturn (“scripname”, “param1 param2”) The DESY WindowsNT Group

  9. Web example <html> <%' get variables from form strUserName = Request.Form("UserName") strNewComment = Request.Form("NewComment") ' call script On Error Resume Next Set Dobj = CreateObject("DomainAuto.DomainAuto") strRet = Dobj.InvokeScriptWithReturn("ChangeUserComment", strUserName & " """ & strNewComment & """") %> <h2>Result</h2> <% If not Err Then %> <p>The user status has been changed successfully!!! </p> <% Else %> <p>Error occurred, the comment could not be changed!!!</p> <p>Error message: <br> <%=Err.Description%></p> <% End If %> </html> The DESY WindowsNT Group

  10. Domain automation - scheme Client indirect - via SSL IIS TransactionServer .DLL Script / Program Execution ASP DomainAuto.cfg ConfigurationFile Client direct Roles The DESY WindowsNT Group

  11. User and Group Management • A managing user wants to change some user attributs or add users to special groups Management Group Rights Groups sys USER * cadadmin GROUP cad • Extend the script attributes to the new rights USER/GROUP • Automatically check if connecting user is allowed to change The DESY WindowsNT Group

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