Enabling and disabling computer accounts¶
The following code sample shows how to enable and disable a computer account.
[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Softerra.Adaxes.Adsi")
# Connect to the Adaxes service
$admNS = New-Object "Softerra.Adaxes.Adsi.AdmNamespace"
$admService = $admNS.GetServiceDirectly("localhost")
# Bind to the computer
$computerDN = "CN=MYCOMPUTER,CN=Computers,DC=domain,DC=com"
$computer = $admService.OpenObject("Adaxes://$computerDN", $NULL, $NULL, 0)
# Enable the computer account
$computer.AccountDisabled = $False
$computer.SetInfo()
# Disable the computer account
$computer.AccountDisabled = $True
$computer.SetInfo()
Import-Module Adaxes
$identity = "MYCOMPUTER$" # sAMAccountName
# $identity = "CN=MYCOMPUTER,CN=Computers,DC=domain,DC=com" # DN
# $identity = "{EB5FEB21-E648-42AD-B86C-89D3C6807953}" # GUID
# $identity = "S-1-5-21-573937-2149998-410785" # SID
# Enable the computer account
Enable-AdmAccount -Identity $identity -Server "domain.com" -AdaxesService localhost
# Disable the computer account
Disable-AdmAccount -Identity $identity -Server "domain.com" -AdaxesService localhost