Users and User Groups - Command Arguments

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Users

GetUserNames

Description:

Display all the user names.

Aliases: GetUserNames, Users

Syntax:

deadlinecommand -GetUserNames

deadlinecommand -Users

Arguments:

Argument	Description
.	No arguments

Example:

C:\>deadlinecommand -GetUserNames
    janesmith
    johnsmith
    reneebarton
    sandyallison
    tylerjordan

GetUsers

Displays information for all users.

Argument	Description
<Use Ini Display>	true/false (optional, default is false)

Note

See GetUser below for example output.

GetUser

Description:

Displays information for the user.

Syntax:

deadlinecommand -GetUser <User Name(s)> [<Use Ini Display>]

Arguments:

Argument	Description
<User Name(s)>	The user name, or a list of names separated by commas
<Use Ini Display>	true/false (optional, default is false)

Example:

C:\>deadlinecommand -GetUser janesmith,johnsmith True
    [janesmith]
    EmailAddress=janesmith@someemail.com
    EmailNotifications=True
    MachineName=WS-1337
    PopupNotifications=False
    UserName=janesmith

    [johnsmith]
    EmailAddress=johnsmith@someemail.com
    EmailNotifications=False
    MachineName=WS-10537
    PopupNotifications=True
    UserName=johnsmith

SetUser

Description:

Modifies or creates the user.

Syntax:

deadlinecommand -SetUser <User Name> <Email> <Machine Name> <Notify By Email> <Notify By Popup> [<User Group>]

Arguments:

Argument	Description
<User Name>	The user name
<Email>	Their email address
<Machine Name>	Their machine name
<Notify By Email>	If they want email notifications (true/false)
<Notify By Popup>	If they want popup notifications (true/false)
<User Group>	Optional. The user group (or list of groups separated by commas) to add the user to. By default, the user is already part of the Everyone group.

Example:

Assuming user johnsmith does not exist, this will create a new user:

C:\>deadlinecommand -SetUser johnsmith johnsmith@someemail.com WS-10537 True False Artists
    Created user 'johnsmith'

If the user exists, the existing user’s settings will be modified:

C:\>deadlinecommand -SetUser johnsmith johnsmith@gmail.com WS-10537 False True Producers
    Modified user 'johnsmith'

ChangeUser

Description:

Changes the current Deadline User on the machine.

Syntax:

deadlinecommand -ChangeUser <User Name>

Arguments:

Argument	Description
<User Name>	(optional) If not specified, a Switch Deadline User dialog will be displayed

Example:

Change the user to an existing name - no result is printed out on success:

C:\>deadlinecommand -ChangeUser janesmith

C:\>

Opening the Switch Deadline User dialog from the Monitor toolbar will show the new current user:

Note

Opening the Switch Deadline User dialog via deadlinecommand -ChangeUser with no optional name argument will not display the current user, but will default to the top user on the list!

If the User name does not exist, an new user will be created:

C:\>deadlinecommand -ChangeUser nemo
    New user account for 'nemo' has been created. You can select Options from the Tools menu in the Monitor to edit your user settings.

Warning

If the option Tools (Power User Mode) > Tools > Configure Repository Options > Use System User for the Deadline User is checked,

the command will have no effect, but no error will be reported.

CheckAdminPrivileges

Description:

Checks if the current user has admin privileges.

Syntax:

deadlinecommand -CheckAdminPrivileges <Verbose>

Arguments:

Argument	Description
<Verbose>	true/false

Example:

C:\>deadlinecommand -CheckAdminPrivileges true
    Name:           DESKTOP-12A34B56\johnsmith
    System:         False
    Authenticated:  True
    BuiltinAdmin:   False
    Identity:       System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity
    Groups:         Everyone,
                    BUILTIN\Users,
                    NT AUTHORITY\INTERACTIVE,
                    CONSOLE LOGON,
                    NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users,
                    NT AUTHORITY\This Organization,
                    MicrosoftAccount\johnsmith@email.com,
                    NT AUTHORITY\Local account,
                    LOCAL,
                    NT AUTHORITY\Cloud Account Authentication

    Success

C:\>deadlinecommand -CheckAdminPrivileges true
    Success

GetCurrentUserName

Description:

Display the current Deadline user

Syntax:

deadlinecommand -GetCurrentUserName

Arguments:

Argument	Description
.	No arguments

Example:

C:\>deadlinecommand -GetCurrentUserName
    johnsmith

DeleteUser

Deletes the user.

Argument	Description
<User Name(s)>	The user name, or a list of names separated by commas

Example:

C:\>deadlinecommand -DeleteUser johnsmith,janesmith
    Deleted users: johnsmith,janesmith

User Groups

NewUserGroups

Description:

Creates new User Groups with the given user group names, if they do not exist already.

Syntax:

deadlinecommand -NewUserGroups <User Group Name(s)>

Arguments:

Argument	Description
<User Group Name(s)>	The user group name, or a list of user group names separated by commas

Example:

C:\>deadlinecommand -NewUserGroups Artists
    Create new User Group(s): Artists

C:\>deadlinecommand -NewUserGroups Artists
    Failed to create any new User Groups, as all provided User Group names already exist.

C:\>deadlinecommand -NewUserGroups Artists,Producers
    Create new User Group(s): Producers

GetUserGroup

Description:

Displays all User names in the specified User Group.

Syntax:

deadlinecommand -GetUserGroup <User Group Name>

Arguments:

Argument	Description
<User Group Name>	The user group name

Example:

C:\>deadlinecommand -GetUserGroup Everyone
    janesmith
    johnsmith
    reneebarton
    sandyallison
    tylerjordan

GetUserGroupNames

Description:

Display all the user group names.

Syntax:

deadlinecommand -GetUserGroupNames

Arguments:

Argument	Description
.	No arguments

Example:

C:\>deadlinecommand -GetUserGroupNames
    Artists
    Everyone
    Producers

AddUserToUserGroup

Description:

Adds a User to the specified User Group.

Syntax:

deadlinecommand -AddUserToUserGroup <User Name(s)> <User Group Name(s)>

Arguments:

Argument	Description
<User Name(s)>	The user name, or a list of user names separated by commas
<User Group Name(s)>	The user group name, or a list of user group names separated by commas

Example:

C:\>deadlinecommand -AddUserToUserGroup jane,joe Artists
    Added users jane,joe to groups Artists

Adding a User multiple times to the same Group does not cause an error.:

C:\>deadlinecommand -AddUserToUserGroup jane Artists,Producers
    Added users jane to groups Artists,Producers

If some User Groups in the list do not exist, they will be ignored.:

C:\>deadlinecommand -AddUserToUserGroup jane Artists,Zombies
    Added users jane to groups Artists

C:\>deadlinecommand -AddUserToUserGroup jane Zombies
    Unable to add users to user groups.  No valid group names given

C:\>deadlinecommand -AddUserToUserGroup maria Zombies
    Unable to add users to user groups.  No valid user names given

GetUserGroupsForUser

Description:

Display all the user group names for the user.

Syntax:

deadlinecommand -GetUserGroupsForUser <User Name>

Arguments:

Argument	Description
<User Name>	The user name

Example:

C:\>deadlinecommand -GetUserGroupsForUser jane
    Artists
    Producers
    Everyone

SetUserForUserGroup

Description:

Sets the Users lists of the specified User Groups.

Syntax:

deadlinecommand -SetUserForUserGroup <User Name(s)> <User Group Name(s)>

Arguments:

Argument	Description
<User Name(s)>	The user name, or a list of user names separated by commas
<User Group Name(s)>	The user group name, or a list of user group names separated by commas

Example:

C:\>deadlinecommand -SetUserForUserGroup jane,joe Artists,Producers
    Set users to jane,joe for groups Artists,Producers

The User Group is set to the exact list specified. Excluding a user from the list will remove it from the User Group if it was in it:

C:\>deadlinecommand -SetUserForUserGroup jane,joe Artists,Producers
    Set users to jane,joe for groups Artists,Producers

C:\>deadlinecommand -GetUserGroup Artists
    jane
    joe

C:\>deadlinecommand -GetUserGroup Producers
    jane
    joe

C:\>deadlinecommand -SetUserForUserGroup jane Artists,Producers
    Set users to jane for groups Artists,Producers

C:\>deadlinecommand -GetUserGroup Artists
    jane

C:\>deadlinecommand -GetUserGroup Producers
    jane

RemoveUserFromUserGroup

Description:

Removes one or more Users from one or more User Groups.

Syntax:

deadlinecommand -RemoveUserFromUserGroup <User Name(s)> <User Group Name(s)>

Arguments:

Argument	Description
<User Name(s)>	The user name, or a list of user names separated by commas
<User Group Name(s)>	The user group name, or a list of user group names separated by commas

Example:

C:\>deadlinecommand -SetUserForUserGroup jane,joe Artists,Producers
    Set users to jane,joe for groups Artists,Producers

C:\>deadlinecommand -RemoveUserFromUserGroup jane Artists,Producers
    Removed users jane from groups Artists,Producers

C:\>deadlinecommand -GetUserGroup Artists
    joe

C:\>deadlinecommand -GetUserGroup Producers
    joe

There is no warning or error if the User being removed is not in the User Group:

C:\>deadlinecommand -RemoveUserFromUserGroup jane Artists,Producers
    Removed users jane from groups Artists,Producers

DeleteUserGroup

Description:

Deletes the User Group with the given User Group name.

Syntax:

deadlinecommand -DeleteUserGroup <User Group Name>

Arguments:

Argument	Description
<User Group Name>	The name of the User Group to delete

Example:

C:\>deadlinecommand -DeleteUserGroup Artists
    Successfully deleted User Group 'Artists'

C:\>deadlinecommand -DeleteUserGroup Artists
    User Group 'Artists' can not be deleted as it does not exist.