VBA and AD?

Ok, here's one for you all. I haven't done my own searching yet, but figure
I'd get around to posting here anyway.

Are there some methods/programs/add-ons that will allow me to compare a
user's account against a Windows Server Active Directory?

There are two cavaets to this, first is being able to build routines that
are only available to select user(s)/group(s).

Second, I have some users that I'd like to be able to disable commands for
them. However, this later group also typically uses Autocad LT,
unfortunately.

Basically with the second group, my intent would be to prevent them from
doing anything but viewing a DWG file for measuring. Or perhaps I'm
overlooking a program that I could put in place of Autocad LT that would do
this?

Thanks.

 

Isn't it better and easier that to have your network administrator to put
those drawings in a location (folder) where that group of uses only have
read permission? Such accessibility thing is really better done and
controlled by administrator on system level, instead of from your program
(in most cases, you simply cannot do anything: the program is always
executed with its user's network credential).

 

Yes, and I already do that as I am the system administrator. However, there
are certain directories that they do have read/write access, but I don't
want them saving files there either. Sure, I could just tell them not to,
and they're already not supposed to, but it just doens't work that way.

I'd rather just disable the save command on their stations, so they can view
DWG files as required off the read only network drive, but can't resave the
file elsewere and screw with it.