[THIN] Re: OT: populate AD user info
- From: "Braebaum, Neil" <Neil.Braebaum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 09:59:06 -0000
The slick thing to do, would be write a HTA - you could even use the
Microsoft script encoder to encode the scripting within it, to hide it
from amateur, prying eyes - which would be a (effectively) GUI front
end, just prompting the user themselves for this info - since users
normally have the individual permissions (self) to update their user
object.
Much of the vbscript / ADSI stuff would be the same to a stand alone
script - the advantage being you could have the users do these fields
(and only these fields) from a GUI front end, and be able to complete /
update these things, themselves.
Doing it via HTA alleviates some of the trickiness of authentication
issues that may blight / complex the issue, were you to do this by a
more rather traditional web / ASP type application.
Neil
(PS: if you want any tips or info on how to do this sort of thing by
HTA, then holler up - I'm reasonably sure it wouldn't be totally
off-topic, here)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger Riggins [mailto:roger.riggins@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 14 January 2004 22:23
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: populate AD user info
>
> Thanks. I was envisioning IT sending a form to all staff to
> fill out and send back and then use a script similar to this
> to parse the files and enter that info into their existing
> accounts. Sound feasible?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul DeHaan
> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 4:12 PM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: populate AD user info
>
> Nothing like a slick vbscript using a little adsi! If you're
> not into scripting... good luck and start with
> cwashington.netreach.net. Here's a sample of how you would
> create a user and add info to a few fields. You'll have to
> look around to figure out the other field names I don't list.
> The code might wrap.
>
> 'On error resume next
> Set ou = GetObject("LDAP://OU=Users,OU=,dc=ms,dc=com";)
> Set usr = ou.Create("user", "CN=jSmith")
>
> '--- Mandatory Attributes----
> usr.Put "samAccountName", "jsmith"
>
> '---- Optional Attributes, you can optionally skip these----
>
> usr.Put "sn", "Smith - SN"
> usr.Put "givenName", "John - given"
> usr.Put "displayname", "John Smith - display"
> usr.Put "name", "jsmith"
> usr.Put "description", "Charlotte - description 1"
> usr.Put "userPrincipalName", "jsmith@xxxxxx"
> usr.Put "physicalDeliveryOfficeName", "Charlotte"
> usr.Put "title", "Test account - Paul D."
> usr.Put "homedirectory", "\\rober\script\jsmith"
> usr.Put "homedrive", "H:"
> usr.Put "scriptpath", "slogon.bat"
> usr.SetInfo
>
> '--Now that the user is created, reset the user's password
> and '--enable its account
>
> usr.SetPassword "secret***!"
> usr.AccountDisabled = True
> usr.SetInfo
>
> Have fun!
>
> >>> roger.riggins@xxxxxxxxxx 01/14/04 03:08PM >>>
> Anybody know of a way to get user info (name, job title,
> phone numbers,
> etc.) entered into AD other than us manually entering the stuff?
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