Re: question for DSQUERY experts

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From: Sumner Paine (sumnerp_at_comcast.net)
Date: 12/07/04 

Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 10:14:00 -0800

I think I got it! I used:

dsquery user domainroot -Limit 0 | dsget user -ln -fn -dn -disabled |
find " no " > "c:\enabled users.txt"

Where's the best place for me to go to read up on these commands? They
seem very powerful and I'd like to be able to use them without coming to
usenet every time....

Jason Newman wrote:
> Sumner
>
> Have you tried the following where FQDN is testdomain.com:-
>
> dsquery user dc=testdomain,dc=com | dsget user -fn -ln -disabled | find "no"
>
> This may do the trick for you
>
> Jason Newman [MCSE]
>
> "Sumner Paine" wrote:
>
>
>>I'm not too familiar with any of these DS commands. Can you give me any
>>more specifics about how to use DSGET with DSQUERY?
>>
>>Also, is there a good site or book about using these commands? I've
>>already looked through Microsofts helpfiles and found them not too helpful.
>>
>>
>>Scott Napolitan [Microsoft] wrote:
>>
>>>You might want to try another pipe to DSGET user -fn -ln before you pipe it
>>>out to a text file.
>>>
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>>>>I'm using a batch file with this DSQUERY command to report on enabled user
>>>>accounts:
>>>>
>>>>dsquery user domainroot -Limit 0 | dsget user -dn -disabled |find " no "
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>"c:\Enabled Accounts.txt"
>>>>
>>>>Anyone know if it's possible to get the output in the format Last Name,
>>>>First Name?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks in advance!
>>>
>>>
>>>

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