I thought you could select multiple accounts in ADUC and make the change to all of the selected items at the same time. Doesn't ctrl+a select everything at once? Don't have a server available at the moment to try it. I'll be at a client wit one tomorrow and tryit there.
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 9:58 AM, John Hornbuckle < [email protected]> wrote: > I’m okay with a command line (I grew up in the days of DOS), but given a > choice I generally prefer a GUI. > > > > Of course, there are some tasks that just don’t lend themselves easily to > GUIs. > > > > > > > > > > *From:* KenM [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, March 05, 2009 8:34 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Changing Account Settings en Masse > > > > John > > > > It sounds like you do not like the command line. There are a few other > options for this. I am assuming you are running 2003. Using DSA you can > highlight multiple users in a OU and make this change. You could also create > a search query for user objects and highlight the ones you want and make the > change. My preferance would be using a either a vbscript or adfind\admod > though. > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 6:50 AM, John Hornbuckle < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks! > > > > > > *From:* !Amado Abenojar [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 04, 2009 8:15 PM > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > > *Subject:* RE: Changing Account Settings en Masse > > > > Try "dsquery" and pipe it into "dsmod" in the command line. > > i.e. > > dsquery user "OU=Employees, DC=Domain, DC=Com" -stalepassword 60 | dsmod > user -mustchpwd yes > > this command line queries users in the Employees OU who have not changed > their password in 60 days and pipes the list to dsmod which configures each > object with "User must change password at next logon" > > regards > > Amado Abenojar > MCSE,MCSA > > ====================== > ------------------------------ > > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 18:43:11 -0500 > Subject: Changing Account Settings en Masse > > We’ve previously not allowed users to change their own passwords; we’ve > handled that for them, and in Active Directory have their accounts > configured to prevent them from doing it. > > > > We’re implementing some new policies now, and in the near future users will > need to be able to change their own passwords. > > > > I feel sure there’s a way for me to enable this capability without having > to launch ADUC and bring up each user’s account individually. > > > > Could one of you command line commandos give me a point in the right > direction? > > > John Hornbuckle > > MIS Department > > Taylor County School District > > www.taylor.k12.fl.us > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Len Hammond CSI:Hartland [email protected] ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
