Windows Server 2008: dsadd, add users to active directory with command line

This how to add users to active directory via command line. It requires very long command and complex syntax, but a user may be created with all the proper settings by such means.

commands used:
dsadd user "cn=Gail Andrews,ou=people,dc=my,dc=domain" -upn gandrews -samid gail.andrews -pwd * -mustchpwd yes -hmdir \\server2008a\users\gandrews -hmdrv u:

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[a55a51n2]

for a school assignment, i have to build a network including a dc, and i have created a *txt file with the dsadd commands for adding groups both global and domain local. but when i save it as a .cmd filde and try to run it in cmd, i get an error. i use windows 2008, and in windows 2003 it works fine when i do it as described above in my comment.

i know that windows 2003 and 2008 are 2 different things but tthe core like dsadd is the same. can anyone tell me what i am doing wrong?

[technoblogical]

@a55a51n2 don't save it as a *txt or a *cmd file. Save it as dsadd*bat. (Of course, that should be a dot not an asterisk.)

[Ioan190]

everything works but not create folder "gandrews", in GPO when given properties on Andrew profile is created, write the path again and is created. What is the problem?

[johnmcnair28]

According to Paul Bryans (Common Errors in English): The original Scottish dialect form was “pernickety,” but Americans changed it to “persnickety” a century ago. “Pernickety” is generally unknown in the US though it’s still in wide use across the Atlantic.

I'm British so I suppose I can see why you think it's old school. By the way I Googled that, I don't want to come across as some kind of literature geek.

[MrPs103]

@johnmcnair28 i've not heard pernickety before. that's gotta be old school eh?

[johnmcnair28]

Useful post. Just one pernickety point though.... CN stands for Common Name.

[dieglhix]

Thanks so much for the video!

Hint, you can type "cd \" instead of "cd ../.." to change to the root directory.

[flyromeo3]

very clear voice and thorough explanation.