Michael -
1) Yes, this is one way. Just discussed this topic on
the list, with code samples, so check the archives. Setting the user to
disabled and then applying the complex password is valid.
2) Not there directly.... ;-)
Rick Kingslan MCSE, MCSA, MCT
Microsoft MVP - Active
Directory
Associate Expert
Expert Zone -
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael B. Smith
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 12:35 PM
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It's a great book.
Two questions: 1) did you guru's here on activedir come to
the conclusion that, due to password complexity, a user should be created
disabled? Does that affect any recipes other than 6.1, 6.2, and 6.3? 2) I think
you should add one of the simplest and (in my opinion) the most common AD query
as a recipe: how to find all the users in a domain.
From: Robbie Allen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 12:43 PM
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Thanks
for all of the positive feedback about the book. I give the credit to my
all-star cast of reviewers :-)
My
main goal was to produce a reference that would help AD admins get their
job done quicker and easier. There is just too much stuff AD admins have
to remember and that's why I thought the O'Reilly cookbook format would
work especially well in this case.
If you
have the book (or even if you don't), be sure to check out the following web
site, which has all of the code in the book and any corrections:
http://www.rallenhome.com/books/adcookbook/code.html
Keep
the feedback coming....
Regards,
Robbie
Allen
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Agreed - I got mine yesterday from Amazon and I must say that this should be on the shelf of every AD administrator. Period.
Michael Parent MCSE MCT
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"Lou Vega" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Received my very own copy of Mr. Robbie Allen's "Tuna" book last night from Amazon.com - in the first night's reading the book is already proving it's worth as I see how to do certain things much simpler than I had done them before (with regards to the VBScripts included), as well as learn new things I didn't realize could be done (in both AD2K and AD2K3). The book will be very handy as I continue to stand up my development Windows 2003 domain.
To anyone else on this list who hasn't gotten it yet...it's a worthwhile addition to your Active Directory library.
To Robbie (and all the others who assisted him!) - thanks for a great resource!
r/
Lou