Using the Directory Service Command-Line Tools in

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. Delete a User Account
. Create a New User Account
In the preceding command, password_value indicates the value that you want to specify as the password for user account.
. Disable or Enable a User Account
Effectively managing users in Active Directory is the task with
which an administrator needs to be involved on regular basis so that
the users can smoothly work on their respective computer systems.
Users"?? management in Active Directory includes creating new user
accounts,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], resetting passwords of the expired user accounts, enabling
the disabled user accounts, etc. The administrator always needs to
perform the specified tasks on urgent basis to provide the pause-free
working environment. For example, if the password of a user"??s account
is expired, then until the administrator does not reset the password;
the user cannot logon to the system, which results in delayed output.
Therefore, the administrator deals with users"?? management related
tasks on priority.
Reset Password
In the preceding command:
. new-pass_value indicates the new password value for the specified user account.

. Note: If you want to collect more information about the
parameters used in preceding command then type dsmod user /? at command
prompt.

Disable or Enable a User Account
In the preceding command, chose yes or no. If you want to disable
the user account then type yes in braces otherwise type no.
dsadd user userdn "?"pwd password_value
. sam_name indicates the name of the Security Account Manager (SAM), which must be unique.
2. Now,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], you have to specify the User ID and name of the user whose
account you want to create in Active Directory. Type the following
command in command prompt window to specify user ID and name:
Undertake the following step
In the preceding command:
dsadd user userdn "?"samid sam_name
1. Click Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt. The command prompt window appears.
Create a New User Account
Execute the following steps to enable or disable a user account:
There are many tools available to manage users"?? in Active
Directory but the tool that administrator mostly use is Directory
Service command-line tool. However, to impeccably manage users in
Active Directory, the administrator must have sound knowledge about the
related commands. This article depicts the processes and commands
required for impeccable users"?? management. Therefore, the article
will be beneficial for the novice administrators and the one looking
for methods to manage users in Active Directory. Mentioned below are
the topics under which the processes to manage users in Active
Directory through Directory Service command-line tool are described:
Mentioned below are the steps following which you can easily reset a user"??s account password:
. userdn indicates the distinguished name of the user that you want to add in Active Directory.
2. Execute the following command to reset the user"??s password:
dsmod user user_dn "?"pwd new_pass_value
Note: If you want to gather more information about the
parameters used in preceding commands then type dsadd user /? at
command prompt.
1. Click Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt. The command prompt window appears.
. Reset Password
2. Execute the following command to enable or disable the user account:
dsmod user user_dn "?"disabled no
Execute the following steps to create a new user account in Active Directory:
user_dn indicates the name of the user account whose password you want to reset.
1. Click Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt. The command prompt window appears.
Delete a User Account
3. After specifying the user name, you have to specify a password
for the user account. Type the following command to specify the
password: