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Windows NT/2000 ADSI Scripting for System Administration
By Thomas Eck
Publisher	: New Riders Publishing
Pub Date	: March 16, 2000
ISBN	: 1-57870-219-4
Pages	: 700
Slots	: 1.0
				Copyright
		About the Author
		About the Technical Reviewers
		Acknowledgments
		Tell Us What You Think!
		Introduction
			Who Should Read This Book?
			Prerequisites
		Part I:  Preparing for Programmatic Administration
			Chapter 1.  Overview of the Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI)
				ADSI Abstracts Namespace Manipulation
				Practical Usage of ADSI
				Interface Support
				Applied Theory: Using ADSI to Migrate from Windows NT 4.0 to Windows 2000
				Summary
			Chapter 2.  Making the Transition: Multi-Tier Development for System Administrators
				Why Visual Basic?
				Establishing the Development Environment
				Configuring the Visual Basic Environment
				Testing Code Segments in a Non-Critical Environment
				Using ADSI and Visual Basic Interactively
				Developing a COM Server Using Visual Basic and ADSI
				Summary
		Part II:  Exploring the ADSI Service Providers: Windows NT
			Chapter 3.  Container Enumeration Methods and Programmatic Domain Account Policy Manipulation
				Enumerating Domains in the Windows NT Namespace
				Managing Windows NT Domain Properties
				Enumerating Objects Within a Domain or Computer
				Creating and Deleting Objects Using IADsContainer
				Creating the NTContainerManagement Class Module
				Summary
			Chapter 4.  Programmatic User Account Manipulation
				User Object Binding Syntax
				Managing User Account Properties
				Manipulating User Environment Profiles
				Manipulating User Login Hours
				Manipulating a User Login Workstation
				Manipulating Account Properties
				Manipulating the Parameters Property
				ADSI Exposed Properties that Cannot Be Manipulated Using Standard GUI Tools
				Creating the NTUserManagement Class Module
				Summary
			Chapter 5.  Programmatic Group Manipulation
				Windows NT Security Group Administration
				Using Groups to Manage File System Security
				Creating the NTGroupManagement Class Module
				Summary
			Chapter 6.  Programmatic Computer and Service Manipulation
				Querying Computer Properties: The IADsComputer Interface
				Querying and Manipulating Computer Services: The IADsService Interface
				Querying and Manipulating Service Operations: The IADsServiceOperations Interface
				Creating the NTComputerManagement Class Module
				Summary
			Chapter 7.  Programmatic File and Print Resource Management
				Managing File Resources
				Managing File Sessions
				Managing Open Resources
				Managing Print Resources
				Creating the NTResourceManagement Class Module
				Summary
		Part III:  Exploring the ADSI Service Providers: IIS
			Chapter 8.  Programmatic Management of the IIS Metabase
				IIS Metabase Structure
				The IIsComputer Object
				IIS Site Logging
				Programmatic Site Management
				Programmatic Site Operations
				Creating the IIS SiteManagement Class Module
				Using the Functions in IIsSiteManagement
				Summary
			Chapter 9.  Programmatic Management of Web Site Properties
				Virtual Site Binding
				Virtual Directory Binding
				Property Inheritance
				Programmatically Administering the Web Site Property Sheet
				Programmatically Administering the Web Operators Property Sheet
				Programmatically Administering the Web Performance Property Sheet
				Programmatically Administering the Home Directory Property Sheet
				Programmatically Administering the Documents Property Sheet
				Programmatically Administering the Directory Security Property Sheet
				Programmatically Administering the HTTP Headers Property Sheet
				Creating the IIsWebManagement Class Module
				Summary
			Chapter 10.  Programmatic Management of FTP Site Properties
				Determining Property Inheritance
				Programmatically Administering the FTP Site Property Sheet
				Programmatically Administering the Security Accounts Property Sheet
				Programmatically Administering the Messages Property Sheet
				Programmatically Administering the Home Directory Property Sheet
				Programmatically Administering the Directory Security Property Sheet
				Creating the IIsFTPManagement Class Module
				Summary
		Part IV:  Exploring the ADSI Service Providers: LDAP
			Chapter 11.  Programmatic Management of LDAP Infrastructures
				A Brief Overview of LDAP Technology and Terminology
				Available LDAP APIs
				Commercial Products Supporting LDAP
				Applied Theory: Installing the Netscape Directory Server
				Manipulating an LDAP Directory Using ADSI
				Using ADO to Search an LDAP Directory Using Visual Basic
				Managing Microsoft Exchange Mailboxes and Distribution Lists Using ADSI's LDAP Provider
				Creating the LDAPObjectManagement Class Module
				Creating the ExchangeObjectMgt Class Module
				Summary
			Chapter 12.  Programmatic Management of the Windows 2000 Active Directory
				Active Directory Terminology Primer
				Binding to Objects in the Active Directory
				Manipulating Objects in the Active Directory
				Creating Objects in the Active Directory
				Removing Objects from the Active Directory Using Visual Basic
				Managing Security for Objects in the Active Directory
				Creating the ADObjectManagement Class Module
				Summary
		Part V:  Appendixes
			Appendix A.  VBScript Code Reference
				Chapter 3 : Container Management Code
				Chapter 4 : User Management Code
				Chapter 5 : Group Management Code
				Chapter 6 : Computer and Service Management Code
				Chapter 7 : File and Print Service Management Code
				Chapter 8 : IIS Site Operations Code
				Chapter 9 : IIS Web Site Operations Code
				Chapter 10 : IIS FTP Site Operations Code
				Chapter 11 : LDAP Infrastructure Management Code
				Chapter 12 : Windows 2000 Management Code
			Appendix B.  ADSI 2.5 Programmer's Reference
				AccessControlEntry Interface
				AccessControlEntry::AceFlags
				AccessControlEntry::AceType
				AccessControlEntry::Flags
				AccessControlEntry::InheritedObjectType
				AccessControlEntry::ObjectType
				AccessControlEntry::Trustee
				AccessControlList
				IADs Interface
				IADsCollection
				IADsComputer
				IADsContainer
				IADsDeleteOps Interface
				IADsDomain
				IADsFileService
				IADsFileShare
				IADsGroup
				IADsLocality
				IADsMembers
				IADsO Interface
				IADsOU Interface
				IADsOpenDSObject
				IADsPrintJob
				IADsPrintJobOperations
				IADsPrintQueue
				IADsPrintQueueOperations
				IADsResource
				IADsService
				IADsServiceOperations
				IADsSession
				IADsUser
				Custom WinNT Properties
				WinNTSystemInfo
			Appendix C.  Further Reading
				Active Directory Design and Administration
				Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI)
				Active Server Page (ASP) Scripting
				ActiveX Data Objects
				Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
				Visual Basic
		Index

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