Edit an existing user account. All main properties and attributes of
the account, including password, full name, home directory settings etc.
can be modified with this action.
This action is typically used as one of the main action to manage existing
user accounts. The account can be a:
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Property Name |
Description |
Typical setting |
Remarks |
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Domain |
The name of the domain of the user account.
The domain can be specified using with a DNS or NETBIOS name. If the 'Computer'
property is specified, this property is ignored. |
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To specify the user account, specify properties
Username
and Domain or Computer. |
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Computer |
The name of the computer that maintains the
user account. This computer can be specified with a DNS or NETBIOS name.
The computer can be a domain controller of a Windows NT4/2000/2003 domain,
a member server of a domain or a workstation. If this property is specified,
the 'Domain' property is ignored. |
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To specify the user account, specify properties
Username
and Domain or Computer. |
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Username |
The name of the user account. The name equals
the SAM account name of the user account. |
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To specify the user account, specify properties Username and Domain
or Computer.
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Full name |
The full name of the user account. When specified,
the current name of the user account is changed into the name specified. |
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Password generator |
A password can be generated automatically.
The 'Password generator' specifies how the password is generated, e.g.
password length, password complexity requirements, password output variable
etc. When this property is specified the password is generated automatically.
The password output variable (default: %Password%) should correspond with
the variable generated by the password generator. |
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Password |
The password of the user account. |
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Description |
A description associated with the user account.
The field can contain a text of any length. |
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Home directory |
The path of the home directory of the user
account. Note that this specification does not create the home directory.
Instead, it specifies the home directory in the SAM user account database.
You can create the home directory, by adding the action 'Create Directory'
to the script. |
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Home directory drive |
The drive letter assigned to the user's home
directory for logon purposes. |
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User profile |
A path to the user's profile. Note that this
specification does not create the profile directory. Instead, it specifies
the profile's path in the SAM user account database. |
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Logon script |
The path for the user's logon script file.
The script file can be a .CMD file, an .EXE file, or a .BAT file. |
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User must change password at next logon |
The password is expired. Use this property
to force the user to change the password at the next logon. Note that
the user can logon using the current password. |
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User cannot change password |
The user cannot change password. When the
user cannot change the password, only the administrator can change the
password. |
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Password never expires |
The password should never expire on the account. |
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No password required |
No password is required for the user account. |
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Account disabled |
The user's account is disabled. If an user
account is disabled, the account does exist but cannot be used to logon
to the network. |
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Account expiration |
The time and date when the account expires.
The value can be 'Never' or a time and date. |
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Logon hours |
The hours the user account can log on to the
domain. By default, domain logon is allowed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. |
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The value is specified as a text of 42 hexadecimal
characters, representing all the hours of a week. The hours of each day
are represented by 6 characters. |
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Workstations |
Optional: the names of the workstations from
which the user can log on (8 maximum), separated by commas. |
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Special user comment |
A user comment. The field can contain a text
of any length. |
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