getOSGroups()

Returns an array containing the attributes of all groups of a domain (no local groups).

Synopsis

dyn_mapping getOSGroups();

Parameters

Parameters	Description
None	-

Return value

The function returns an array containing the attributes of all groups of a domain.

Description

Returns an array containing the attributes of all groups of a domain (no local groups). The attributes are saved in a mapping with the following keys:
"Name" : Name of the group
"Comment": Description of the group
"OSID": Operating system ID of the group

"Comment"; bears a meaning only under Windows.

"OSID" may return another value for Unix systems than for Windows systems in an ActiveDirectory environment since Unix (for example, Samba) maps the Windows specific ID (SID) into a Unix specific ID (unsigned).

Example

The following example,returns an array containing the attributes of all groups of a domain

main()
{
dyn_mapping m;
m = getOSGroups();
DebugN("OS groups", m);
}

Member of

User administration

Availability