salt.modules.win_groupadd

Manage groups on Windows

Important

If you feel that Salt should be using this module to manage groups on a minion, and it is using a different module (or gives an error similar to 'group.info' is not available), see here.

salt.modules.win_groupadd.add(name, **kwargs)

Add the specified group

Parameters:

name (str) -- The name of the group to add

Returns:

True if successful, otherwise False

Return type:

bool

CLI Example:

salt '*' group.add foo

salt.modules.win_groupadd.adduser(name, username, **kwargs)

Add a user to a group

Parameters:

• name (str) -- The name of the group to modify

• username (str) -- The name of the user to add to the group

Returns:

True if successful, otherwise False

Return type:

bool

CLI Example:

salt '*' group.adduser foo username

salt.modules.win_groupadd.delete(name, **kwargs)

Remove the named group

Parameters:

name (str) -- The name of the group to remove

Returns:

True if successful, otherwise False

Return type:

bool

CLI Example:

salt '*' group.delete foo

salt.modules.win_groupadd.deluser(name, username, **kwargs)

Remove a user from a group

Parameters:

• name (str) -- The name of the group to modify

• username (str) -- The name of the user to remove from the group

Returns:

True if successful, otherwise False

Return type:

bool

CLI Example:

salt '*' group.deluser foo username

salt.modules.win_groupadd.getent(refresh=False)

Return info on all groups

Parameters:

refresh (bool, optional) -- Refresh the info for all groups in __context__. If False only the groups in __context__ will be returned. If True the __context__ will be refreshed with current data and returned. Default is False.

Returns:

A list of groups and their information

CLI Example:

salt '*' group.getent

salt.modules.win_groupadd.info(name)

Return information about a group

Parameters:

name (str) -- The name of the group for which to get information

Returns:

A dictionary of information about the group

Return type:

dict

CLI Example:

salt '*' group.info foo

salt.modules.win_groupadd.list_groups(refresh=False)

Return a list of groups

Parameters:

refresh (bool, optional) -- Refresh the info for all groups in __context__. If False only the groups in __context__ will be returned. If True, the __context__ will be refreshed with current data and returned. Default is False.

Returns:

A list of groups on the machine

Return type:

list

CLI Example:

salt '*' group.list_groups

salt.modules.win_groupadd.members(name, members_list, **kwargs)

Ensure a group contains only the members in the list

Parameters:

• name (str) -- The name of the group to modify

• members_list (str) -- A single user or a comma separated list of users. The group will contain only the users specified in this list.

Returns:

True if successful, otherwise False

Return type:

bool

CLI Example:

salt '*' group.members foo 'user1,user2,user3'