Create a local user

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The following will check to see if a user exists already and if not create the user, a directory and assign them modify rights to that directory.

import clr
import System
from System.IO import *
from System.Security.AccessControl import *
clr.AddReferenceByPartialName("System.DirectoryServices")
from System.DirectoryServices import *

def test_user_exist(root,user):
	try:
		test = root.Children.Find(user)
	except:
		# User does not exist
		result = 0
	else:
		result = 1
	return result

def create_user(root,user,description,password):
	newuser = root.Children.Add(user,"user")
	newuser.Invoke("SetPassword", password)
	newuser.CommitChanges()
	newuser.Properties["FullName"].Value=description
	newuser.Properties["Description"].Value=description
	flags = newuser.Properties["UserFlags"].Value
	newuser.Properties["UserFlags"].Value = flags|64|65536
	newuser.CommitChanges()

def add_rights(user,path,rights):
	account = System.Security.Principal.NTAccount(user)
	dir_info = DirectoryInfo(path)
	dir_sec = Directory.GetAccessControl(path)
	new_sec = FileSystemAccessRule(account,rights,InheritanceFlags.ContainerInherit|InheritanceFlags.ObjectInherit,PropagationFlags.None,AccessControlType.Allow)
	dir_sec.AddAccessRule(new_sec)
	dir_info.SetAccessControl(dir_sec)

root = System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry("WinNT://" + System.Environment.MachineName + ",computer")
username = "newuser"

if not(test_user_exist(root,username)):
	create_user(root,username,"A New User","MyPassword")

if not Directory.Exists("c:\\home\\newuser"):
	Directory.CreateDirectory("c:\\home\\newuser")

add_rights(username,"c:\\home\\newuser",FileSystemRights.Modify)

Notes:

• The options included on the UserFlags lines will create an account where the user can't change the password and it does not expire. If you don't what that behaviour then remove both lines.
• This will create the user on the local computer, if you want to work on a remote computer replace System.Environment.MachineName.

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