- net users — enumerate all local users
- net user $USER — retrieve information about the local user
$USER
- net users /domain — enumerate domain users
- net user $USER /domain — retrieve information about the domain user
$USER
- net group /domain — enumerate domain groups
- net group $GROUP /domain — show members (users only!) of domain group
$GROUP
(try withDomain Admins
!) - net localgroup — enumerate local groups
- net localgroup $GROUP — show members of local group
$GROUP
(try withAdministrators
!) - net localgroup $GROUP $USER /add — add a member to a local group (useful targets are
Administrators
,Backup Operators
, andRemote Management Users
) - net share — list all current shares (including some that are just control processes)
Note that Windows allows for duplicate domain and local users; this is why users get prefixed by the domain or local machine name. Comparing the output of whoami and hostname will reveal if you’re logged in with a local or domain account.
Remember that net group $GROUP /domain
doesn’t show which domain groups are members of $GROUP
, and thus will miss domain admins whose membership is controlled by a nested group. The only way to retrieve a full list of users in a domain group is to use PowerShell.