RE: [ActiveDir] ? on MCSE Exam 70-290 (W2K3S)
$username$ is the right token... which is why it's a tricky question and as you know, MS likes tricky questions .. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/S erverHelp/8d37ecb0-ac28-4e05-aa05-da82dc36b54b.mspx has the scoop on the syntax. Good luck on the exam and getting through the book :-) Dan Holme -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joe Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 3:15 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] ? on MCSE Exam 70-290 (W2K3S) Last I looked, dsmod uses $username$ but it doesn't create anything on the filesystem, it only updates AD attributes. Specifying a homedir in the user object doesn't make it appear except when you use ADUC which actually goes off and does it separately. joe -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rocky Habeeb Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 8:57 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] ? on MCSE Exam 70-290 (W2K3S) Ladies and Gentlemen; In reading Dan Holme's and Orin Thomas' fine MCSE "Self Paced training Kit" training manual, I have come upon a question in the Chapter 3 lesson review on page 3-55: "What variable can be used with the DSMOD and DSADD commands to create user-specific home folders and profile folders? a. %Username% b. $Username$ c. CN=Username d. The correct answer is b" Is this true? Thanks in advance. _ Rocky Habeeb Microsoft Systems Administrator James W. Sewall Company Old Town, Maine Voice: 207.827.4456 Ext. 387 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.jws.com _ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ: http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ: http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ: http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
RE: [ActiveDir] ? on MCSE Exam 70-290 (W2K3S)
Last I looked, dsmod uses $username$ but it doesn't create anything on the filesystem, it only updates AD attributes. Specifying a homedir in the user object doesn't make it appear except when you use ADUC which actually goes off and does it separately. joe -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rocky Habeeb Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 8:57 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] ? on MCSE Exam 70-290 (W2K3S) Ladies and Gentlemen; In reading Dan Holme's and Orin Thomas' fine MCSE "Self Paced training Kit" training manual, I have come upon a question in the Chapter 3 lesson review on page 3-55: "What variable can be used with the DSMOD and DSADD commands to create user-specific home folders and profile folders? a. %Username% b. $Username$ c. CN=Username d. The correct answer is b" Is this true? Thanks in advance. _ Rocky Habeeb Microsoft Systems Administrator James W. Sewall Company Old Town, Maine Voice: 207.827.4456 Ext. 387 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.jws.com _ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ: http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ: http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
RE: [ActiveDir] ? on MCSE Exam 70-290 (W2K3S)
I am studying on the 70-292 kit for my upgrade exam and all of their references as well are to $username$. Chris Haaker ITS Infrastructure x7841 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rocky Habeeb Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 8:57 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] ? on MCSE Exam 70-290 (W2K3S) Ladies and Gentlemen; In reading Dan Holme's and Orin Thomas' fine MCSE "Self Paced training Kit" training manual, I have come upon a question in the Chapter 3 lesson review on page 3-55: "What variable can be used with the DSMOD and DSADD commands to create user-specific home folders and profile folders? a. %Username% b. $Username$ c. CN=Username d. The correct answer is b" Is this true? Thanks in advance. _ Rocky Habeeb Microsoft Systems Administrator James W. Sewall Company Old Town, Maine Voice: 207.827.4456 Ext. 387 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.jws.com _ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ: http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ: http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
RE: [ActiveDir] ? on MCSE Exam 70-290 (W2K3S)
Title: RE: [ActiveDir] ? on MCSE Exam 70-290 (W2K3S) Learn something new everyday, did not know that. Jeremy From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Teverovsky, Guy Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 9:10 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] ? on MCSE Exam 70-290 (W2K3S) From "dsmod user /?" : The special token $username$ (case insensitive) may be used to place the SAM account name in the value of -webpg, -profile, -hmdir, and -email parameter. For example, if the target user DN is CN=Jane Doe,CN=users,CN=microsoft,CN=com and the SAM account name attribute is "janed," the -hmdir parameter can have the following substitution: -hmdir \users\$username$\home Guy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Rocky Habeeb Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 3:57 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] ? on MCSE Exam 70-290 (W2K3S) Ladies and Gentlemen; In reading Dan Holme's and Orin Thomas' fine MCSE "Self Paced training Kit" training manual, I have come upon a question in the Chapter 3 lesson review on page 3-55: "What variable can be used with the DSMOD and DSADD commands to create user-specific home folders and profile folders? a. %Username% b. $Username$ c. CN=Username d. The correct answer is b" Is this true? Thanks in advance. _ Rocky Habeeb Microsoft Systems Administrator James W. Sewall Company Old Town, Maine Voice: 207.827.4456 Ext. 387 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.jws.com _ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
RE: [ActiveDir] ? on MCSE Exam 70-290 (W2K3S)
Title: RE: [ActiveDir] ? on MCSE Exam 70-290 (W2K3S) From "dsmod user /?" : The special token $username$ (case insensitive) may be used to place the SAM account name in the value of -webpg, -profile, -hmdir, and -email parameter. For example, if the target user DN is CN=Jane Doe,CN=users,CN=microsoft,CN=com and the SAM account name attribute is "janed," the -hmdir parameter can have the following substitution: -hmdir \users\$username$\home Guy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Rocky Habeeb Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 3:57 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] ? on MCSE Exam 70-290 (W2K3S) Ladies and Gentlemen; In reading Dan Holme's and Orin Thomas' fine MCSE "Self Paced training Kit" training manual, I have come upon a question in the Chapter 3 lesson review on page 3-55: "What variable can be used with the DSMOD and DSADD commands to create user-specific home folders and profile folders? a. %Username% b. $Username$ c. CN=Username d. The correct answer is b" Is this true? Thanks in advance. _ Rocky Habeeb Microsoft Systems Administrator James W. Sewall Company Old Town, Maine Voice: 207.827.4456 Ext. 387 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.jws.com _ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
RE: [ActiveDir] ? on MCSE Exam 70-290 (W2K3S)
Hi, No the answer is B. It you use A (%Username%) it then would be replaced by the samaccountname of the user executing the command Zie links and search for $Username$ http://www.ss64.com/nt/dsadd.html http://www.ss64.com/nt/dsmod.html http://www.examcram2.com/articles/article.asp?p=102278&seqNum=2&rl=1 Cheers, #JORGE# -Original Message- From: Rocky Habeeb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 15:00 To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] ? on MCSE Exam 70-290 (W2K3S) Ladies and Gentlemen; In reading Dan Holme's and Orin Thomas' fine MCSE "Self Paced training Kit" training manual, I have come upon a question in the Chapter 3 lesson review on page 3-55: "What variable can be used with the DSMOD and DSADD commands to create user-specific home folders and profile folders? a. %Username% b. $Username$ c. CN=Username d. The correct answer is b" Is this true? Thanks in advance. _ Rocky Habeeb Microsoft Systems Administrator James W. Sewall Company Old Town, Maine Voice: 207.827.4456 Ext. 387 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.jws.com _ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ: http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you. List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ: http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
RE: [ActiveDir] ? on MCSE Exam 70-290 (W2K3S)
I would have thought the answer would be A. %Username%. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rocky Habeeb Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 8:57 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] ? on MCSE Exam 70-290 (W2K3S) Ladies and Gentlemen; In reading Dan Holme's and Orin Thomas' fine MCSE "Self Paced training Kit" training manual, I have come upon a question in the Chapter 3 lesson review on page 3-55: "What variable can be used with the DSMOD and DSADD commands to create user-specific home folders and profile folders? a. %Username% b. $Username$ c. CN=Username d. The correct answer is b" Is this true? Thanks in advance. _ Rocky Habeeb Microsoft Systems Administrator James W. Sewall Company Old Town, Maine Voice: 207.827.4456 Ext. 387 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.jws.com _ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ: http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ: http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
