How to Produce a List of Users and SIDs

• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5, 3.51, 4.0
• Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51, 4.0

SUMMARY

This article describes how to produce a sorted list of Windows NT user names and their corresponding Security Identifiers (SIDs).

MORE INFORMATION

The following example will show you how to create a text file that contains each Windows NT Domain User listed with the corresponding SID.

The solution outlined in this article uses the following utilities contained in the Windows NT 4.0 Server Resource Kit: Global.exe and Getsid.exe.

1. Make sure that the Global.exe and Getsid.exe utilities are installed on the computer running Windows NT and are accessible through the system's PATH variable.



2. Create a directory on the computer running Windows NT that has read/write permissions assigned to the user account you are logging in with.



3. Create the Listsid.bat, Listsid2.bat, Listsid3.bat, Cleanup.bat and Verify.bat files listed in this article. Create these files in the directory created in Step 2 above.



4. Execute the Listsid.bat file at an MS-DOS command prompt. The command has the following syntax:
   
   LISTSID <Domain Name> <Primary Domain Controller Name>
   
   For Example: LISTSID MyDomain MyPDC



5. Examine the contents of Usersids.txt.
   
   Note: These series of batch files were designed to understand a username that can contain as many as three parts separated by spaces. For example, the following name is valid:
   
   Joe B. Admin
   
   The following name would not be valid: Joe B. Admin II
   
   The three batch files could be modified to support names if necessary.

Listsid.bat

echo off
cls
IF (%1)==() GOTO NoParams
IF (%2)==() GOTO NoParams
if exist usersids.txt del usersids.txt
if exist domusers.txt del domusers.txt
if exist domusers.tmp del domusers.tmp
echo Creating list of users in %1.
global "domain users" %1 > domusers.txt
echo Removing machine names from list.
for /F "delims=  tokens=1,2,3" %%a in (domusers.txt) do call cleanup.bat
%%a %%b %%c
del domusers.txt
ren domusers.tmp domusers.txt
echo Getting SIDs from PDC.
for /F "delims=  tokens=1,2,3" %%a in (domusers.txt) do call listsid2.bat
%2 %%a %%b %%c
echo Sorting List.  Please wait...
sort /+1 < usersids.txt > sortsids.txt
echo --------------------------------------------
del usersids.txt
ren sortsids.txt USERSIDS.TXT
echo Done!  Outfile file is called: USERSIDS.TXT
echo --------------------------------------------
goto Bottom
:NoParams
Echo usage: LISTSID [Domain Name] [PDC Name]
Echo.
Echo i.e. - LISTSID RESEARCHDOMAIN RESEARCHPDC
Echo.
:Bottom 

Listsid2.bat

if exist user.txt del user.txt
if not (%4) == () goto ThreeName
if not (%3) == () goto TwoName
getsid \\%1 %2 \\%1 %2 > user.txt
for /F "skip=2 tokens=7" %%a in (user.txt) do call listsid3.bat
%%a %2
goto Bottom2
:TwoName
getsid \\%1 "%2 %3" \\%1 "%2 %3" > user.txt
for /F "skip=2 tokens=8" %%a in (user.txt) do call listsid3.bat
%%a %2 %3
goto Bottom2
:ThreeName
getsid \\%1 "%2 %3 %4" \\%1 "%2 %3 %4" > user.txt
for /F "skip=2 tokens=9" %%a in (user.txt) do call listsid3.bat
%%a %2 %3 %4
goto Bottom2
:Bottom2 

Listsid3.bat

echo Now working on: %2 %3 %4
if not (%4) == () goto ThreeName
if not (%3) == () goto TwoName
echo %2 %1 >> usersids.txt
Goto Bottom3
:TwoName
echo %2 %3 %1 >> usersids.txt
Goto Bottom3
:ThreeName
echo %2 %3 %4 %1 >> usersids.txt
:Bottom3 

Cleanup.bat

if exist onename.txt del onename.txt
echo %1 > onename.txt
for /F "delims=$ tokens=1" %%a in (onename.txt) do call verify.bat %%a %1 

Verify.bat

if (%1)==(%2) echo %1 >> domusers.tmp 

Additional query words: getsid username list sid

Keywords : ntdomain
Version : winnt:3.5,3.51,4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbinfo