pymacad

Acknowledgments

This python package is based on KerbMinder (http://github.com/pmbuko/KerbMinder).

• Peter Bukowinski, author of KerbMinder
• Francois 'ftiff' Levaux-Tiffreau, who extracted this package
• Ben Toms, who gave ftiff the idea
• Allister Banks for pointing out an effective dig command to test for domain reachability.
• Kyle Crawshaw, who extended it significantly

pymacad.ad

I would suggest to use from pymacad import ad -- then call using ad.xxx

### Example

>>> from pymacad import ad
>>> ad.bound()
False
>>> ad.accessible('TEST.COM')
False
>>> ad.accessible('FTI.IO')
True

Functions

ad.bound()

checks if computer is bound to AD

• returns True or False
• raises subprocess.CalledProcessError

ad.principal(user)

gets principal from AD. If no user is specified, uses the current user.

• Returns principal
• Raises NotBound, NotReachable or subprocess.CalledProcessError

ad.accessible(domain)

checks if domain can be joined.

• Returns True or False
• raises subprocess.CalledProcessError

ad.searchnodes()

returns a list of available directories

ad.adnode()

returns the first Active Directory node or None

ad.get_domain_dns()

returns the DNS of domain, or raises NotBound

ad.membership(user)

Returns a list of groups belonging to this user Raises NotBound

ad.realms()

Returns a list of Kerberos realms, or NotBound

ad.smb_home()

Returns the home URL of the user, or an empty string.

Exceptions

• pymacad.ad.NotReachable
• pymacad.ad.NotBound
• subprocess.CalledProcessError