Re: User search in ADS Snap-in

From: Joe Richards [MVP] (humorexpress_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/04/04 

Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 09:07:51 -0400

I would recommend picking up the Active Directory Cookbook and look at script
examples. I am guessing you could easily shave several minutes off whatever
process you have for resetting passwords by using a script.

   joe 

--
Joe Richards Microsoft MVP Windows Server Directory Services
www.joeware.net
Srinivas wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> I have a Windows 2003 ADS with a lot of OUs and sub OUs in which all the 
> users are listed.
> Now everytime a user calls me to reset his password, I would do the 
> following.
> Search for the user ID in the ADS snap in and then reset his password.
> Now I would also want to know under which OU does this user exist without me 
> asking the end user about all his department details. I do not document the 
> details of the users department in the user attributes.
> So my question is just by taking a user ID I want to search where in the 
> Active directory hierarchy is he existing.
> 
> Thanks & Regards,
> admin 
> 
>

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