Making Local Account a Directory Account

Here is an applescript I used a long time ago (10.4 and 10.5). I think it would still work, but you'll need to use dscl to delete the local account instead of niutil.

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Convert User to Domain account
Does not require modification for your enviornment. Can be run as is.

Copywright 2007 Patrick Gallagher
http://patgmac.blogspot.com

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--Pick a local user from list of home folders that are present in /Users
--You can add a "| grep -v yourlocaladminaccount" after "Shared" if you wish to exclude that from the list
set userList to paragraphs of (do shell script "ls -1d /Users/* | cut -d/ -f3 | grep -v Shared")
set localName to choose from list userList
if localName is not equal to false then

--Backup users home folder do shell script "mv /Users/" & localName & " /Users/" & localName & ".backup" with administrator privileges
else if localName is equal to false then display dialog "Operation cancelled"
end if

--Nuke the local account
do shell script "niutil -destroyval / /groups/staff users " & localName with administrator privileges
do shell script "niutil -destroyval / /groups/appserveradm users " & localName with administrator privileges
do shell script "niutil -destroyval / /groups/appserverusr users " & localName with administrator privileges
do shell script "niutil -destroyval / /groups/admin users " & localName with administrator privileges
do shell script "nicl . -delete /groups/" & localName with administrator privileges
do shell script "niutil -destroyprop / /users/" & localName & " _shadow_passwd" with administrator privileges
do shell script "niutil -destroyprop / /users/" & localName & " gid" with administrator privileges
do shell script "niutil -destroyprop / /users/" & localName & " uid" with administrator privileges
do shell script "niutil -destroyprop / /users/" & localName & " realname" with administrator privileges
do shell script "niutil -destroyprop / /users/" & localName & " shell" with administrator privileges
do shell script "niutil -destroy / /users/" & localName with administrator privileges

set netID to text returned of (display dialog "Verify the Network ID is correct" default answer localName)
set netUID to text of (do shell script "id -u " & netID)

if netID is not equal to false then do shell script "mv /Users/" & localName & ".backup /Users/" & netID with administrator privileges --Change owner using the uid due to first.last username incompatibility do shell script "chown -R " & netUID & " /Users/" & netID with administrator privileges display dialog netID & " has been converted to a domain account"
else if netID is equal to false then display dialog "Operation cancelled"
end if

Adam,

I've got a script that does this. It's posted here on my GitHub repo:

https://github.com/rtrouton/rtrouton_scripts/tree/master/rtrouton_scripts/migrate_local_user_to_AD_domain

Thanks guys, I'll give these a shot.

AT

hey guys, i'm fairly new with shell scripting and wanted to have one of you look at the following script and let me know if anything else should be added, i tested a few times and does the trick but not sure what else should i keep in consideration.

#!/bin/bash

clear

listUsers="$(/usr/bin/dscl . list /Users | grep -v eccsadmin | grep -v _ | grep -v root | grep -v uucp | grep -v amavisd | grep -v nobody | grep -v messagebus | grep -v daemon | grep -v www | grep -v Guest | grep -v xgrid | grep -v windowserver | grep -v unknown | grep -v unknown | grep -v tokend | grep -v sshd | grep -v securityagent | grep -v mailman | grep -v mysql | grep -v postfix | grep -v qtss | grep -v jabber | grep -v cyrusimap | grep -v clamav | grep -v appserver | grep -v appowner) FINISHED"
check4AD=`/usr/bin/dscl localhost -list . | grep "Active Directory"`

#Check for machine to be Domain Joined
if [ "${check4AD}" != "Active Directory" ]; then
    echo "This machine is not bound to Active Directory. Please run the self-service app under Preferences."; exit 1
fi

RunAsRoot()
{
    ## Pass in the full path to the executable as $1
    if [[ "${USER}" != "root" ]]; then
        #statements
        echo
        echo "*** This application must be run as root. Please authenticate below. ***"
        echo
        sudo "${1}" && exit 0
    fi
}

RunAsRoot "${0}"

until [[ "$user" == "FINISHED" ]]; do
    #statements
    printf "%b" "a

Select a user to convert or select FINISHED:
" >&2
    select user in $listUsers; do

        if [[ "$user" = "FINISHED" ]]; then
            #statements
            echo "Finished converting users to AD"
            break
        elif [[ -n "$user" ]]; then
            #statements
            if [[ `who | grep console | awk '{print $1}'` == "$user" ]]; then
                #statements
                echo "This user is logged in. 
Please log this user out and log in as another admin"
                exit 1
            fi

            # Delete user from dscl Directory
            echo "*** 
Removing local records"
            sudo /usr/bin/dscl . -delete "/Users/$user"

            sleep 10

            echo "*** 
Changing permissions on Local folder to new Directory account"
            sudo chown -R $user:"WHQ_NT_DOMAINdomain users" /Users/$user
            sudo chmod -R 755 /Users/$user


        fi
    done
done

hey guys, i'm fairly new with shell scripting and wanted to have one of you look at the following script and let me know if anything else should be added, i tested a few times and does the trick but not sure what else should i keep in consideration.

#!/bin/bash

clear

listUsers="$(/usr/bin/dscl . list /Users | grep -v eccsadmin | grep -v _ | grep -v root | grep -v uucp | grep -v amavisd | grep -v nobody | grep -v messagebus | grep -v daemon | grep -v www | grep -v Guest | grep -v xgrid | grep -v windowserver | grep -v unknown | grep -v unknown | grep -v tokend | grep -v sshd | grep -v securityagent | grep -v mailman | grep -v mysql | grep -v postfix | grep -v qtss | grep -v jabber | grep -v cyrusimap | grep -v clamav | grep -v appserver | grep -v appowner) FINISHED"
check4AD=`/usr/bin/dscl localhost -list . | grep "Active Directory"`

#Check for machine to be Domain Joined
if [ "${check4AD}" != "Active Directory" ]; then
    echo "This machine is not bound to Active Directory. Please run the self-service app under Preferences."; exit 1
fi

RunAsRoot()
{
    ## Pass in the full path to the executable as $1
    if [[ "${USER}" != "root" ]]; then
        #statements
        echo
        echo "*** This application must be run as root. Please authenticate below. ***"
        echo
        sudo "${1}" && exit 0
    fi
}

RunAsRoot "${0}"

until [[ "$user" == "FINISHED" ]]; do
    #statements
    printf "%b" "a

Select a user to convert or select FINISHED:
" >&2
    select user in $listUsers; do

        if [[ "$user" = "FINISHED" ]]; then
            #statements
            echo "Finished converting users to AD"
            break
        elif [[ -n "$user" ]]; then
            #statements
            if [[ `who | grep console | awk '{print $1}'` == "$user" ]]; then
                #statements
                echo "This user is logged in. 
Please log this user out and log in as another admin"
                exit 1
            fi

            # Delete user from dscl Directory
            echo "*** 
Removing local records"
            sudo /usr/bin/dscl . -delete "/Users/$user"

            sleep 10

            echo "*** 
Changing permissions on Local folder to new Directory account"
            sudo chown -R $user:"WHQ_NT_DOMAINdomain users" /Users/$user
            sudo chmod -R 755 /Users/$user


        fi
    done
done

hey guys, i'm fairly new with shell scripting and wanted to have one of you look at the following script and let me know if anything else should be added, i tested a few times and does the trick but not sure what else should i keep in consideration.

#!/bin/bash

clear

listUsers="$(/usr/bin/dscl . list /Users | grep -v eccsadmin | grep -v _ | grep -v root | grep -v uucp | grep -v amavisd | grep -v nobody | grep -v messagebus | grep -v daemon | grep -v www | grep -v Guest | grep -v xgrid | grep -v windowserver | grep -v unknown | grep -v unknown | grep -v tokend | grep -v sshd | grep -v securityagent | grep -v mailman | grep -v mysql | grep -v postfix | grep -v qtss | grep -v jabber | grep -v cyrusimap | grep -v clamav | grep -v appserver | grep -v appowner) FINISHED"
check4AD=`/usr/bin/dscl localhost -list . | grep "Active Directory"`

#Check for machine to be Domain Joined
if [ "${check4AD}" != "Active Directory" ]; then
    echo "This machine is not bound to Active Directory. Please run the self-service app under Preferences."; exit 1
fi

RunAsRoot()
{
    ## Pass in the full path to the executable as $1
    if [[ "${USER}" != "root" ]]; then
        #statements
        echo
        echo "*** This application must be run as root. Please authenticate below. ***"
        echo
        sudo "${1}" && exit 0
    fi
}

RunAsRoot "${0}"

until [[ "$user" == "FINISHED" ]]; do
    #statements
    printf "%b" "a

Select a user to convert or select FINISHED:
" >&2
    select user in $listUsers; do

        if [[ "$user" = "FINISHED" ]]; then
            #statements
            echo "Finished converting users to AD"
            break
        elif [[ -n "$user" ]]; then
            #statements
            if [[ `who | grep console | awk '{print $1}'` == "$user" ]]; then
                #statements
                echo "This user is logged in. 
Please log this user out and log in as another admin"
                exit 1
            fi

            # Delete user from dscl Directory
            echo "*** 
Removing local records"
            sudo /usr/bin/dscl . -delete "/Users/$user"

            sleep 10

            echo "*** 
Changing permissions on Local folder to new Directory account"
            sudo chown -R $user:"WHQ_NT_DOMAINdomain users" /Users/$user
            sudo chmod -R 755 /Users/$user


        fi
    done
done

Hey jpcorzo, I have a comment, if you want to hear it. Your listUsers command is about a million miles long :) That's because you're pulling ALL user accounts including system level ones and then excluding all the system level ones afterwards in your grep -v commands. There's a better way to do this.
Do this instead to pull all accounts with a UID of 501 and up to... infinity I guess-

listUsers=$(/usr/bin/dscl . list /Users UniqueID | /usr/bin/awk '$2 > 500 {print $1}')

in case you're curious about what that's doing, it lists all users along with the UID (UniqueID) in a column 2, then the awk section compares column 2 and tells it to show any with a UID of 500 and higher and then prints column 1, which is the username. That leaves you with only regular non system accounts in most cases.

I'll confess I've not read through the rest of your script, but line in the beginning caught my eye so i wanted to let you know about a better way to do that. Besides being very long and opening up dozens of sub commands with the pipes, you also run the risk of missing something to exclude since it can be hard to know exactly all of the system level account that show up in a dscl . list /Users command.