ADmodify will definitely fit the bill as well. The GUI works for small scale changes but if you're dealing with 50 or more users (especially if they're scattered within your OU structure, you'll definitely want to script it. ADModify uses %'SAMAccountName'% in place of $username$ or %username%.
- Sean On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 9:58 AM, Miller Bonnie L. < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah… if you find something else that works, let me know. I was > interested in this as we are getting ready to change our staff from regular > sharenames to DFS names. I'll be needing something just like this soon. > > > > I wonder if admodify.net could do the trick? > > http://www.codeplex.com/admodify > > > > -Bonnie > > > > *From:* Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 06, 2008 10:30 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Scripted AD Redirected Profile Change > > > > Nice find, thanks! > I'd rather not make it non hidden, we have all the smart users J > > > > I'll try something with script vars maybe… > > > > jlc > > > > *From:* Miller Bonnie L. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 06, 2008 11:19 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Scripted AD Redirected Profile Change > > > > Ah… okay, so I see now, and it looks like dsmod might have trouble with the > $ on the end of the hidden share. If you take that out, it works--others > have reported this problem as well. I noticed if you put a $ anywhere > before $username$, it just doesn't resolve, almost as if $username$ is the > only thing the command expects when it sees the $ symbol. If you put > $username$ first, the name resolves successfully. > > > > http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=4689 > > > > http://forums.techarena.in/active-directory/548004.htm > > > > Since you're changing them all anyway, could you load up ABE and make a > non-hidden sharename? > > > > -Bonnie > > > > *From:* Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 06, 2008 9:11 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Scripted AD Redirected Profile Change > > > > Not according to the docs, plus that would cause the shell to sub in > possibly "my" username… > jlc > > > > *From:* Miller Bonnie L. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 06, 2008 10:03 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Scripted AD Redirected Profile Change > > > > Shouldn't that be %username% > > > > ? > > > > -Bonnie > > > > *From:* Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 06, 2008 8:22 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Scripted AD Redirected Profile Change > > > > Hrm, so in reading, $username$ is supposedly expanded (Though I was > skeptical) and it didn't? > > I ran: > > dsquery user -name Ros* "OU=Domain Users,OU=xxx,DC=xxx,DC=local" | dsmod > user -profile \\xxx\Profiles$\$username$ > > > > And the path was written as it was typed? > > > > Anyone know how to make this wildcard expand? > > > > Thanks! > jlc > > > > *From:* Carl Houseman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 05, 2008 6:11 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Scripted AD Redirected Profile Change > > > > You have it right, there were both apples and oranges in the discussion, > and DSMOD USER applies to the apples but not the oranges. You figured out > the oranges on your own (GPO for redirected folders). > > > > ADModify also applies to the apples problem, gives a nice GUI to mass > modify almost anything in AD user accounts. > > > > Carl > > > > *From:* Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 05, 2008 8:02 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Scripted AD Redirected Profile Change > > > > Redirected folders can be done via gpo, but I didn't know roaming profiles > could be? > That's what I am changing, the associated paths for the profile which that > tool does. > > > > Thanks guys! > jlc > > > > *From:* Carl Houseman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 05, 2008 5:29 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Scripted AD Redirected Profile Change > > > > 'dsmod user' changes AD attributes for a user account. > > > > OP seems to want to change items in a roaming profile that is presently > resident in a server share. Presumably he wants to make changes to the > profile's user registry or other content in the stored profile, such that > those changes will take effect the next time the user logs in. > > > > I think you're looking at login script or a GPO for those things are are > GPO'able. > > > > The next question is, what kind of changes are you trying to make? Have > you checked to see if they're already controllable by an existing GPO? > > > > Carl > > > > *From:* Damien Solodow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 05, 2008 4:57 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Scripted AD Redirected Profile Change > > > > You can definitely do that with dsmod. Run 'dsmod user /? |more' for more > info > > > > *From:* Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 05, 2008 4:54 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Scripted AD Redirected Profile Change > > > > Thanks for all the quick responses! > Sorry, I meant the users Roaming Profile. > > > > jlc > > > > > > *From:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 05, 2008 2:38 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Scripted AD Redirected Profile Change > > > > Such as what, specifically? > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com <http://theessentialexchange.com/> > > > > *From:* Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 05, 2008 4:33 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Scripted AD Redirected Profile Change > > > > I have a slew of redirected profile changes to make. I was hoping to > obviously script this. > > Anyone got a pointer to a doc or anything they could share? > > > > I don't want to be here late tonight, again! <grin> > > > > Thanks, > jlc > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
