[THIN] Re: OT: Bulk changes in AD
- From: "Braebaum, Neil" <Neil.Braebaum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 15:39:27 -0000
I just bought a few books and looked on t'internet years ago, when I was
first deploying W2K (and AD) ;-)
A course? That's just a pipe dream for me, son (said in a rather Walter
Mitty-esque manner) ;-)
I just think there's a lot of reluctance by some - perhaps they feel
they can't do it, perhaps they feel it's too difficult, perhaps they
feel it will take too long - but it isn't / won't - the only difference
I see between those who can script, and those that leech other peoples'
scripts, is whether they've actually tried to learn it. And I think some
people spend so much time either thinking they can't, thinking they
don't need to, thinking there must be a simpler way, that they spend
time looking at all that, and inevitably somewhere down the line, have
to start doing it anyway. Why waste the redundant time, and when you
have a need just do it - because you can almost guarantee one thing - if
you've had to do something to start off with - even if you've so far
avoided the ADSI virus, ultimately you'll likely have to.
Neil
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeff Malczewski
> Sent: 08 December 2004 15:26
> To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: Bulk changes in AD
>
> I'm with Neil on this one. I was fortunate enough to attend
> MOC2433 before out first AD domain went into production, and
> boy, was I glad! Indeed, it will be a disadvantaged
> administrator who doesn't know how to use script..
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Braebaum, Neil [mailto:Neil.Braebaum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 6:56 AM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: Bulk changes in AD
>
> 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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