Source code for pyad.adcomputer

from .adobject import ADObject
from .aduser import ADUser
from . import pyadutils
from . import adsearch


class ADComputer(ADObject):
    """Python class representing a computer object in Active Directory."""

    @classmethod
    def create(cls, name, container_object, enable=True, optional_attributes={}):
        """Creates and returns a new computer object."""
        assert isinstance(name, str)
        assert container_object.__class__.__name__ == "ADContainer"
        return container_object.create_computer(
            name=name, enable=enable, optional_attributes=optional_attributes
        )

    def get_creator(self):
        """returns ADUser object of the user who added the computer to the domain. Returns None if user no longer exists."""
        try:
            sid = str(
                pyadutils.convert_sid(self.get_attribute("mS-DS-CreatorSID", False))
            ).split(":")[1]
            dn = adsearch.by_sid(sid)
            return ADUser(dn)
        except:
            return None


ADObject._py_ad_object_mappings["computer"] = ADComputer