CODEWITHSUNDEEP
powershell
Dr.Prog
Dr.Prog

Reputation: 243

How can I copy members of one local group to another local group using PowerShell?

I know you cannot nest local groups within local groups so I would like to see if there's a way to copy all members of one local group to another local group in PowerShell.

I've tried the PowerShell script below but it fails...

$newGrpName = "NewTestGroup"
$description = "New Test Group"
$existingGrpName = "TechUsers"


Add-LocalGroupMember -Group "NewTestGroup" -Members (Get-LocalGroupMember $existingGrpName) `
Get-LocalGroupMember | Select Name

Error:

Add-LocalGroupMember : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts
argument 'Get-LocalGroupMember'.
At line:1 char:1
+ Add-LocalGroupMember -Group "NewTestGroup" -Member (Get-LocalGrou ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Add-LocalGroupMember], ParameterBindingException
     + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.AddLocalGroupMemberComma

I want all the members of "TechUsers" group to be copied into "NewTestGroup" group.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 882

Answers (1)

jrider
jrider

Reputation: 1640

You should be able to pipe Get-LocalGroupMember into Add-LocalGroupMember

Example:

Get-LocalGroupMember -Group $existingGrpName | Add-LocalGroupMember -Group "NewTestGroup"

Upvotes: 1

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