How to: Quick & Easy creation of 100 users & logon scripts

[Maran]

Hi,

I have to create 100 users in AD. I also need to create individual scripts
for them. Is there any scripting tool or utility that can allow me to do
this.

I believe that I can use LDIFDE AD utility for AD users. But how about the
..bat scripts? Its ridiculous to have to go to each users's Propertries >
Profile to manually key in the script.

Please advise?

 

[Guest]

You can use the "DSADD USER" from the command line. You will be able to add
the user and specify many of thier attirbutes including logon script. You
may run this from the domain controller or from a Windows XP workstation. If
you are going to run it from a workstation you will need to first install the
Windows 2003 Administrator tools on the workstation. This is fairly easy,
using the Windows 2003 CD search for ADMIN*. You will see the MSI file and
just use it to install.

 

[Ace Fekay [MVP]]

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You can use the "DSADD USER" from the command line. You will be able
to add the user and specify many of thier attirbutes including logon
script. You may run this from the domain controller or from a
Windows XP workstation. If you are going to run it from a
workstation you will need to first install the Windows 2003
Administrator tools on the workstation. This is fairly easy, using
the Windows 2003 CD search for ADMIN*. You will see the MSI file and
just use it to install.

Plus, just to add, once the users are created and a setting needs to be
changed on all of them at the same time, ADModify can be used to do this.
Funny, I just posted to another thread about this just a few moments ago.
It's a nice tool to allow one to modify multiple user objects and their
attributes simultaneously.

ADModify can be found here:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/PSS/Tools/Exchange%20Support%20Tools/ADModify/

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