Query Domain User Details

In this example the users group is added to the list because domain users is a member of the users group.

Query domain user details. Find lastlogontimestamp for all users for a domain. In most domains the member attribute of the domain users group is empty and it is safe to assume that all users belong to this group. Use this switch to display detailed information about the net user command. I here take a look at my administrator account in the domain.

Specifically the memberof attribute of user objects and the member attribute of group objects never reveals primary group membership. Command line syntax key. Synchoronise the user accounts database pdc and bdc net accounts sync domain view user account details net user domain add a user account. Net user add username newuserpassword domain.

Add new user on local computer. Domain properties read by the normal domain user. Query user user1 server server1 additional references. To display information about all users logged on the system type.

For most users the primary group should be domain users. Net user username password add domain modify a user account. Query user to display information about the user user1 on server server1 type. Using this option is the same as using the net help command with net user.

The delete switch removes the specified username from the system. Net user username password domain delete a username net user username delete domain. Using net user command administrators can manage user accounts from windows command prompt. Get aduser is one of the basic powershell cmdlets that can be used to get information about active directory domain users and their properties.

Dsquery filter objectclass person objectcategory user attr cn lastlogontimestamp limit 0. You can use the get aduser to view the value of any ad user object attribute display a list of users in the domain with the necessary attributes and export them to csv and use various criteria and filters to select domain users. In figure 3 you can see some details about this account including the logon hours group membership and when the password was changed. If we move a bit down in active directory you could find the users.

Dsget user cn administrator cn users dc contoso dc com memberof. This switch forces net user to execute on the current domain controller instead of the local computer.