That would be assuming all of your user accounts were in one OU - could be a bit tricky when you have hundreds of OUs and thousands of users
2009/3/9 Len Hammond <[email protected]> > 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/> ~
