Mark - something I did once that proved pretty easy is as follows:
1) Grab a list of first names and a list of last names from a genealogy site -
as many as you can, but make sure they are not the same number (i.e. 97 last
names and 93 first names)
2) make a spreadsheet with the last names in column A
3) first names in column B
4) middle initials A through Z in column C
5) now drag and fill (drag the plus) down each column individually
6) since the numbers of each name part are offset, they will mix in many
combinations and aren't likely to repeat.
7) create formulas to create email and logon addresses
i.e. D1 =LOWER(LEFT(B1,1)&C1&A1) for username, E1 =D1&"@contoso.net"
then fill drag those down the page, then copy them and paste the values over
them
8) create formulas to check for duplicates -
Sort the data by logon names and then make a formula to compare each
with the previous one
i.e. =IF(D2=D1,"DUPLICATE","")
and then fill drag it down, and manually browse for dupes and delete
them
I created several thousand users this way, from dead people's names :)
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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Parris
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 10:35 AM
To: ActiveDir.org
Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] OT: Request for Test AD Poplulation Data
Al,
This is what I was going to do, I was just hoping that I did not have to
reinvent the wheel.
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Al Mulnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 10:37:27
To:[email protected]
Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] OT: Request for Test AD Poplulation Data
I haven't seen a generic user creation utility, however in similar situations I
prefer to have a bit more control than that and would instead create a list of
user names that I can easily glance at and know the originating directory.
If you truly want random names to work with, you may want to consider building
such a dictionary and building that directory based on that. Something that
uses maybe census or population data would be useful I'm sure.
I'd likely build the template directory with script and then use ldif to export
it for future use.
Does that help or is that not what you can use?
On 1/3/06, Mark Parris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I utilise VBScript too, but I
wanted user data with a little more substance.
500 names in an ldf file is a lot more use to me than a vbs file which creates
user 1, 2, 3 etc etc
Mark
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From: Tomasz Onyszko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 15:49:22
To:[email protected]
Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] OT: Request for Test AD Poplulation Data
Rick Kingslan wrote:
> Tomasz, I think that Mark is looking to populate his metabase with data
> other than User 1, User 2, User 3, etc. with simple or blank attributes.
> So, he's looking for stuff like Homer Simpson, with all of the user data,
> then Marge, etc.
So stuill I don't think he will find such .. I use vbscript to populate
my AD with test data.
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