Custom Command - Delete Computer Account

Question

We're using a powershell command to delete computer accounts from the domain. This works fine but even though it works, on refresh, the page shows essentially an 'Object Not found' message.

This makes sense as the object has been successfully deleted. Is there any way to override this behavior and show the user that "HEY THAT ACCOUNT WAS DELETED - GOOD JOB!" type message?

Here's the script we're using:

Import-Module Adaxes

# Get computer domain name
$domainName = $Context.GetObjectDomain("%distinguishedName%")

Remove-AdmComputer -Identity "%cn%" -server $domainName -AdaxesService localhost -Confirm:$False

Answer 1

Hello,

You can use the Delete Home Page Action. In this case you will only see the Operation Succeeded message in the Web Interface header. For information on how to create the action, have a look at the following tutorial: http://www.adaxes.com/tutorials_WebInte ... htm#delete.

Comments

We've looked at both the Delete Home Page action as well as the Delete function within the "View Computer" form. While the first would work, it's not our preferred method.

The second option, which presents itself as a big 'X' in the upper right corner of the View Computer dialog box would also work (and work better) but something odd occurs when we use it.

When a computer object is deleted in this manner, the resulting screen (which is a view of the parent OU) presents a "Create New: User/Contact/Group/Computer/OU" top navigational bar. We'd like this removed but can't figure out where it's coming from. This navbar doesn't show up anywhere else. This may actually be the same behavior with the Delete Home Page action just haven't tried it yet.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

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Hello,

The icons are displayed depending on the permissions granted to users by Security Roles. Most probably, you are signed in to the Web Interface as the default service administrator and thus you can see all the icons because you. When signed in as a user that does not have permissions to create specific objects, corresponding icons will not be displayed.

If you want to totally disable the icons for a Web Interface, have a look at the following post on our forum: Remove "Create New" from OU view.

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OK thanks, that did it. Modifying the web.config using the instructions in the previous thread worked to remove the "Create New..." options. We use custom forms in this particular interface anyhow so no big deal. Will just leave myself some instructions when we next upgrade ADAXES.

Thanks again!

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Hello,

Starting from the next major release, you will not need to modify configuration files to remove the Create New icons. There will be built in functionality.