[python-win32] AD group membership - recursive query

[M K]

Hello there,

First let me say that I'm new to both Python and LDAP programming in
general, so you can safely assume that I'm coding somewhat blindly.

What I'm trying to do is build a program against a Microsoft Active
Directory that will find all group memberships for the current user. Because
we have nested groups, it will need to do so recursively.

There is a VBScript that I'm using as a basis:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2006/03/ScriptingGuy/default.aspx

I wanted to share this before I delve any further to make sure I'm not
making any newbie mistakes. My ultimate goal is to build a List of all these
Groups, and remove any duplicates that may show up.

Here's the current state:
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import active_directory

def nestedlookup (group):
    """ does a recursive lookup """
    nested_list = group.memberOf
    for members in nested_list:
        print "DESCENDENT: ", members.cn
        nestedlookup(members)

user = active_directory.find_user ()
print "User:", user.cn

group_list = user.memberOf

for group in user.memberOf:
    print "PARENT: ", group.cn
    nestedlookup(group)

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Many thanks for any advice!
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