Guy's Scripting Ezine No 23b - Complete list of UserAccountControl Values

Complete List of UserAccountValues

Real life usages e.g. UserAccountControl Value = 514

Explanation of why 514 = 512 [Normal] + 2 [AccountDisable]

SCRIPT	0x0001	1
ACCOUNTDISABLE	0x0002	2
HOMEDIR_REQUIRED	0x0008	8
LOCKOUT	0x0010	16
PASSWD_NOTREQD	0x0020	32
PASSWD_CANT_CHANGE	0x0040	64
ENCRYPTED_TEXT_PWD_ALLOWED	0x0080	128
TEMP_DUPLICATE_ACCOUNT	0x0100	256
NORMAL_ACCOUNT	0x0200	512
INTERDOMAIN_TRUST_ACCOUNT	0x0800	2048
WORKSTATION_TRUST_ACCOUNT	0x1000	4096
SERVER_TRUST_ACCOUNT	0x2000	8192
DONT_EXPIRE_PASSWORD	0x10000	65536
MNS_LOGON_ACCOUNT	0x20000	131072
SMARTCARD_REQUIRED	0x40000	262144
TRUSTED_FOR_DELEGATION	0x80000	524288
NOT_DELEGATED	0x100000	1048576
USE_DES_KEY_ONLY	0x200000	2097152
DONT_REQ_PREAUTH	0x400000	4194304
PASSWORD_EXPIRED	0x800000	8388608
TRUSTED_TO_AUTH_FOR_DELEGATION	0x1000000	16777216

Explanation: 514 = 512 [Normal] = 2 [AccountDisable]

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Property Flag Descriptions

SCRIPT - The logon script will be run.

ACCOUNTDISABLE - The user account is disabled.

HOMEDIR_REQUIRED - The home folder is required.

PASSWD_NOTREQD - No password is required.

PASSWD_CANT_CHANGE - The user cannot change the password. You can read this flag but you cannot set it directly.

ENCRYPTED_TEXT_PASSWORD_ALLOWED - The user can send an encrypted password.

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TEMP_DUPLICATE_ACCOUNT - This is an account for users whose primary account is in another domain. This account provides user access to this domain, but not to any domain that trusts this domain. This is sometimes referred to as a local user account.

NORMAL_ACCOUNT - This is a default account type that represents a typical user.

INTERDOMAIN_TRUST_ACCOUNT - This is a permit to trust an account for a system domain that trusts other domains.

WORKSTATION_TRUST_ACCOUNT - This is a computer account for a computer that is running Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Workstation, Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, or Windows 2000 Server and is a member of this domain.

SERVER_TRUST_ACCOUNT - This is a computer account for a domain controller that is a member of this domain.

DONT_EXPIRE_PASSWD - Represents the password, which should never expire on the account.

MNS_LOGON_ACCOUNT - This is an MNS logon account.

SMARTCARD_REQUIRED - When this flag is set, it forces the user to log on by using a smart card.

TRUSTED_FOR_DELEGATION - When this flag is set, the service account (the user or computer account) under which a service runs is trusted for Kerberos delegation. Any such service can impersonate a client requesting the service. To enable a service for Kerberos delegation, you must set this flag on the userAccountControl property of the service account.

NOT_DELEGATED - When this flag is set, the security context of the user is not delegated to a service even if the service account is set as trusted for Kerberos delegation.

USE_DES_KEY_ONLY - (Windows 2000/Windows Server 2003) Restrict this principal to use only Data Encryption Standard (DES) encryption types for keys.

DONT_REQUIRE_PREAUTH - (Windows 2000/Windows Server 2003) This account does not require Kerberos pre-authentication for logging on.

PASSWORD_EXPIRED - (Windows 2000/Windows Server 2003) The user's password has expired.

TRUSTED_TO_AUTH_FOR_DELEGATION - (Windows 2000/Windows Server 2003) The account is enabled for delegation. This is a security-sensitive setting. Accounts with this option enabled should be tightly controlled. This setting allows a service that runs under the account to assume a client's identity and authenticate as that user to other remote servers on the network.

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UserAccountControl Values

These are the default UserAccountControl values for the certain objects:

Typical user : 0x200 (512)
Domain controller : 0x82000 (532480)
Workstation / server: 0x1000 (4096)

Script to put UserAccountControl into practice

I discovered the above values by experimenting with the users' property sheets in Active Directory Users and Computers. What I did was set the check boxes in the Account property tab, then exported with CSVDE -f account.csv. In truth, I used the - d switch to filter the records so that I only returned users in the Cowbridge OU.

CSVDE -f account.csv -d "ou=cowbridge,dc=cp,dc=com"

Finally, I examined the UserAccountControl column in the spreadsheet, and compared the values with ticks in checkboxes under the Account tab.

Force users to change password at next logon

This is where we put it all together. A combination of last week's script to set user accounts password, with this week's script to enable the accounts. Because I want them to change password at next logon, I set the UserAccountControl to be 544.

' Set AccPwd.vbs
' VBScript to require users change passwords at next logon
' Author Guy Thomas http://computerperformance.co.uk/
' Version 2.2 - March 21st 2004
' -----------------------------------------------------------------'
Option Explicit
Dim objOU, objUser, objRootDSE
Dim strContainer, strLastUser, strDNSDomain, intCounter, intAccValue
Set objRootDSE = GetObject("LDAP://RootDSE")
strDNSDomain = objRootDSE.Get("DefaultNamingContext")
strContainer = "OU=Cowbridge ,"
intAccValue = 544
strContainer = strContainer & strDNSDomain
set objOU =GetObject("LDAP://" & strContainer )
intCounter = 0
      For each objUser in objOU
          If objUser.class="user" then
          objUser.SetPassword "P@$$er2004"
          objUser.SetInfo
          objUser.Put "userAccountControl", intAccValue
          objUser.SetInfo
          intCounter = intCounter +1
          strLastUser = objUser.Get ("name")
          End if
       next
WScript.Echo intCounter & " Users change pwd next logon. Value " _
& intAccValue
WScript.Quit

Learning Points

Note 1: intAccValue now changed to 544.

Note 2: We insert last week's method, objUser.SetPassword.

Out Takes - Script with mistakes.

The idea is if you would like to test yourself by correcting a script with mistakes, then try the following script, and see if you can spot the mistakes. Answers underneath.

' Set AccountControl.vbs
' VBScript to enable user accounts in a named OU
' Author Guy Thomas http://computerperformance.co.uk/
' Version 1.3 - March 21st 2004
' -----------------------------------------------------------------'
Option Explicit
Dim objOU, objUser, objRootDSE
Dim strContainer, strLastUser, strDNSDomain, intCounter,
Set objRootDSE = GetObject("LDAP://RootDSE")
strDNSDomain = objRootDSE.Get("DefaultNamingContext")
strContainer = "OU=Cowbridge ,"
intAccValue = 512
strContainer = strContainer & strDNSDomain
set objOU =GetObject("LDAP://" & strContainer )
intCounter = 0
      For each objUser in objOU
          If objUser.class="user" then
          objUser.Put "userAccountControl", intAccValue
          objUser.SetInfo
          intCounter = intCounter +1
          strLastUser = objUser.Get ("name")
          End if
       next
WScript.Echo intCounter & " Accounts Enabled. Value " _
& intAccValue
WScript.Quit

Out Takes - Answers

Dim strContainer, strLastUser, strDNSDomain, intCounter,
Either there should be no comma at the end of the line, or you should add another variable: intAccValue
Dim strContainer, strLastUser, strDNSDomain, intCounter, intAccValue

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