It looks like they've changed things since I used it last, but there was a tool from ADMWin (http://www.admwin.com/default.htm) that would do exactly what you're looking for.  I believe the one that will do what you want is now called SetupBatcher.  It's pretty straight forward, you enter the list of users (it can be imported from file), enter user info (name, location, username, passwords, descriptions, etc.), enter groups, mailbox info, etc, and specify home directories, including the server to create the directories, shares, and set permissions on.
 
It's definitely changed since I used it last (over three years ago), but it looks like everything is still there.  The place I used it at last was a school board, with over 200 schools.  We used to build the scripts and send them out to the schools.  They just had to supply the student info and a server name.  We had scripts to create everything for September, and remove everything in June, and they worked very well.
 
HTH,
 
    Tyson.


From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Stanford
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 6:37 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [ActiveDir] User account and home directory management

 

Hi to all on the list.

 

Forgive me if this subject has been covered, as I am new to the list.  I manage a school network, and one of the issues I face is that an AD user account, the user profile and the user's home directory share are inextricably linked. I need to be able to create users and shares in on go, so that the account is set up, the share and profile created, and permissions set, and the details entered into the AD object.  Does anyone know of any software or scripts that would accomplish this?  I would ideally like to be able to do it for individual users or in bulk.

 

Thanks in advance,

Dan Stanford.

 

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