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Re: Bulk Account handling in 95/NT

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From: David Risner
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 00:00
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On Tue, 18 Jun 1996, Steven Pudlo, Dept. Computer Svcs. wrote:

> The issue here is we need to add several hundred accounts at the beginning
> of each term. The data we get is the student name, social security number,
> and class info (We generate rosters to tell faculty who is new, and who
> already has an account and is reopened for the term)
>
> Does anybody have a utility to perform such a task in NT, some sort of
> script file? Or is there a <gasp> $$ product out there?

There is a program which is part of the NT Resource Kit called "addusers"
which lets you add users from a Comma-Delimited file.  It won't let you
add passwords.  The accounts are created and at the first login it asks
for a password.

Hope that helps.

David G. Risner
Network Services Administrator
Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, CA
drisner@swlaw.edu  213/738-6762
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