Re: Import Users into Active Directory

From: Feng Mao (fengmao_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/06/04 

Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 10:16:51 GMT

Hi Eric,

Thank you for posting back!

As I know, addusers command is available in Windows 2000 Resource Kit. It
can automatically create a number of users and groups based on the
information in a text file.

For detailed information, please visit the below article in Microsoft
knowledge base:

324222 HOW TO: Migrate User and Group Information
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=324222

I hope it helps.

Have a nice day!

Thanks & Regards,

Feng Mao [MSFT], MCSE
Microsoft Online Partner Support

Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

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| Thanks for all the tips. I am surprised to find out that
| addusers.exe still works on Active Directory. Is this
| the same version I used with my NT 4 servers or is there
| a new version for AD? If not, where can I get the latest
| version?
|
| That Ad infinitum sounds like a great program. The only
| concern I have is with using a shareware program on my
| domain. It seems like it would be easy for an
| unreputable company to setup a stealth account with admin
| rights with such a program. If someone has looked into
| it however, I would probably use it as it seems like the
| best thing out there so far. Sorry, I'm just a little
| paranoid about security.
|
| Thanks a lot!!!
|
| Eric
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Tomasz,
| >
| >Actually I would agree with you. Scripting would be the
| best way to do
| >this. However, I think that I am in the same boat as a
| good many in that I
| >can not script yet. One day, but not today!
| >
| >Cary
| >
| >"Tomasz Onyszko" <T.Onyszko@w2k.pl> wrote in message
| >news:uE2kUEZdEHA.3528@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
| >> Cary Shultz [A.D. MVP] wrote:
| >>
| >> > In addition to using csvde ( not sure that this will
| do the passwords )
| >I
| >> > might suggest that you look at addusers.exe to do
| this. I know that
| >this
| >> > does passwords. ldifde is another possibility, but
| if you must have the
| >> > passwords then you will have a very difficult time
| with ldifde.
| >> >
| >> > You might want to look at addusers.exe to create the
| user account
| >objects -
| >> > with passwords - and then look at using ADModify to
| make bulk changes
| >( such
| >> > as adding the same address to all of your user
| account objects, for
| >> > example ).
| >> >
| >>
| >> Yes, You have a right - CSVDE doesn't deal with the
| passwords, You can
| >> import users and then You will have to set them proper
| passwords and
| >> force them to change it. This problem is good
| explained under this uRL:
| >>
| http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/Logon/Logon_CSVDE_Bul
| k.htm
| >> http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/ezine/ezine23.htm
| >>
| >> IMO the best way to do this import will be script
| using ADSI and setting
| >> up user accounts with passwords.
| >>
| >>
| >> --
| >> Tomasz Onyszko [MVP]
| >> T.Onyszko@w2k.pl
| >> http://www.w2k.pl
| >
| >
| >.
| >
|

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