[THIN] Re: OT: Bulk changes in AD

  • From: "Braebaum, Neil" <Neil.Braebaum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 11:55:49 -0000

Sooner or later, though, most admins face challenges that cannot be
easily group done - like as possible with 2003 (or rather ironically NT
domains, using usrmgr).

For example - having to use conditional logic, or grabbing things from
the structure of AD as you write the particular properties.

Largely it's inevitable - and I find it slightly humorous that many seem
to attempt to delay the inevitable, and eventually have to face up to
it. I see the reluctance, and the attempts by other means - but sooner
or later... s'like death and taxes.

In short, it's a lucky (or perhaps that should be unlucky) or rare admin
that's not going to have to do something with ADSI at some point.

The realisation of this, and overriding the denial would probably make
all this easier in the long run <shrug>

Neil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nick Smith
> Sent: 08 December 2004 11:35
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: Bulk changes in AD
> 
> Little-known but *so* important reason for upgrading to 
> Windows 2003. If you go into AD Users and Computers, select 
> more than one user (As many as you like), right-click and 
> properties, then there are a whole host of things you can 
> change for all your selected users, including their logon script.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Braebaum, Neil [mailto:Neil.Braebaum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 08 December 2004 10:13
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: Bulk changes in AD
> 
> Like other have said, invest some time in learning how to 
> script this - it's relatively easy to do, and once you've 
> gone through the learning process for this, you are in a 
> position to do other things in the future.
> 
> Neil
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Luchette, Jon
> > Sent: 07 December 2004 17:36
> > To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> > Subject: [THIN] OT: Bulk changes in AD
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I am trying to find a way to change the logon scipt listed
> > under each user's account in Active Directory.  Is there a 
> > way to do it in bulk for multiple users at once instead of 
> > doing it manually for each user?  I want to find a utility 
> > (preferrably a free utility) that will let me replace x with 
> > y.  Is this something that I should use ldifde for or 
> > something like that?  
> > 
> > Thanks guys,

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