RE: FOR command w/NET GROUP /ADD failing, I know why, therefore ?

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Hello Mike,

you can use the DS-Tools, DSMod will allow you to modify objects in AD,
"dsmod group" will modify groups.

Type "dsmod group /?" for the syntax.

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Gruesse - Sincerely,

Ulf B. Simon-Weidner
Blog: http://msmvps.com/ulfbsimonweidner


"Mike Stantz" wrote:

> Paul,
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> Re: > c:\>FOR /F %I in (c:\users.txt) do net group TheGROUPIES %I /ADD
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> I found out why it was failing. It was because the groups that were
> defined by the vendor were Dist. Groups, not Security groups, so net
> group add apparently does not work with these.
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> Is there a way/command to do this and have it work with Distribution
> Groups?
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> Thanks!!!
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> -----Original Message-----
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> From: Paul Hinsberg [mailto:paulhins(antispam)@comcast.net]
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> Posted At: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 1:27 PM Posted To:
> microsoft.public.windows.activedirectory.dsml
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> Conversation: how to add group membership en masse via .csv?
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> Subject: Re: how to add group membership en masse via .csv?
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> Not case sensitive, but in mine I had assumed C:\ as the location and in
> the one your typed you had a subdirectory listed. :)
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> --
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> Paul Hinsberg
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> "Mike Stantz" wrote:
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> > Weird, I typed the exact thing and got the error, but when I cut and
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> > paste yours (minus changing to the appropriate group name) it worked.
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> > Case sensitive?
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> > Anyway, thanks, it looks like it's working.
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> > Mike
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> > -----Original Message-----
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> > From: Paul [mailto:Paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
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> > Posted At: Friday, October 21, 2005 6:48 AM Posted To:
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> > microsoft.public.windows.activedirectory.dsml
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> > Conversation: how to add group membership en masse via .csv?
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> > Subject: RE: how to add group membership en masse via .csv?
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> > Quickest way off the top of my head is to export the Excel spread
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> ***
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> > to a
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> > comma delimeted text file. Then create a short script (actually
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> likely
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> > a
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> > single line), that would add the user to the group. To simplify I
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> would
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> > make
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> > it so the users appear in the list as their account names:
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> > Phinsberg
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> > jsmith
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> > sjohnson
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> > The test file is called users.txt. The domain group we are adding
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> them
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> > to
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> > is TheGROUPIES
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> > then I would type:
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> > c:\>FOR /F %I in (c:\users.txt) do net group TheGROUPIES %I /ADD
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> > This command will go through the list of names and each of them to the
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> > TheGROUPIES domain group.
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> > --
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> > Paul Hinsberg
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> > "Mike Stantz" wrote:
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> > > In my AD of 5000 users, I have 2400 users that need to be made a
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> > member
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> > > of GroupX in my AD.
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> > > I have the list of names exported to an Excel *** (in three
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> columns)
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> > > as SAMAccountName, LastName, FullName.
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> > > So, how would I go about parsing (I guess SAMAccountName, since it
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> is
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> > > the unique identifier here) from the .csv file, adding all these
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> users
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> > > to my specified GroupX?
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> > > Thanks!!!
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> ---
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> Mike Canada
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> Engineer
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