DSMOD User

Modify a user account in active directory.

Syntax dsmod user UserDN [-upn UPN] [-c] [-q] [{-uc | -uco | -uci}] [Options] Key UserDN Distinguished name of the user that you want to modify. If omitted will be taken from standard input (stdin) UPN User Principal Name of the user, e.g. fred@SS64.com -c Continue with the next object after any error (when you specify multiple target objects) by default dsmod will exit when the first error occurs. -q Quiet, suppress all output -uc Unicode format -uco Unicode format for output only -uci Unicode format for input only Options: [-fn FirstName] [-mi Initial] [-ln LastName] [-display DisplayName] [-empid EmployeeID] [-pwd {Password | *}] [-desc Description] [-memberof Group ...] [-office Office] [-tel PhoneNumber] [-email Email] [-hometel HomePhoneNumber] [-pager PagerNumber] [-mobile CellPhoneNumber] [-fax FaxNumber] [-iptel IPPhoneNumber] [-webpg WebPage] [-title Title] [-dept Department] [-company Company] [-mgr ManagersDistinguishedName] [-hmdir HomeDirectory] [-hmdrv DriveLetter:][-profile ProfilePath] [-loscr LoginScriptPath] [-mustchpwd {yes | no}] [-canchpwd {yes | no}] [-reversiblepwd {yes | no}] [-pwdneverexpires {yes | no}] [-acctexpires NumberOfDays] [-disabled {yes | no}] [{-s Server | -d Domain}] [-u UserName] [-p {Password | *}]

DS* commands are available on networked machines with the server role A.D. Domain Services installed, Domain Controllers (or for XP users: XP Professional).

The special token $username$, may be used to replace the SAM account name in the value of the -email, -hmdir, -profile, and -webpg parameters.

Examples

Disable freds account:

C:\> set _fred="cn=fred,ou=Users,ou=AcmeCo,dc=ss64,dc=com"

C:\> dsmod user %_fred% -disabled yes

Set the profile path of Fred and Ann using the $username$ token:

C:\> set _ann="cn=AnnSmith,ou=Users,ou=AcmeCo,dc=ss64,dc=com"

C:\> dsmod user %_fred% %_ann% -profile \users\$username$\profile

“A person is a success if they get up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do” - Bob Dylan

Related commands:

DSAdd - Add object

DSMod - Modify object

DSGet - Display object

DSMove - Move object

DSQuery - Search for objects

DSRM - Delete object

CSVDE - Import or export AD info in CSV format.

LDIFDE - Edit AD Objects, extend schema, import or export AD information.

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