Is it possible to delete a user account from the command line? 1

[bluegnu]

I was wondering if the is a command to delete an individual user account through cmd.exe rather than going to Computer Management?

thanks

 

[NickFerrar]

dsrm (part of dsmod utility in the Win2k3 admin pack) lets you delete AD objects inc. users

 

[bluegnu]

Thanks, I have tried using dsrm but I cannot get it to work, it just seems to freeze with no error and the deletion does not occur.

If I was to delete a user called DAVE, what would the dsrm command that I would need to use?

 

[NickFerrar]

I don't use it personally but the dsrm /? help gives some examples. Not sure why it wouldn't work as long as you have the correct full DN for the user and also the domain controller/admin user details...

 

[bluegnu]

What if the server isn't on a domain?

 

[crobin1]

Try

net user usernametodelete /delete

Replace usernametodelete with the actual username of course

 

[bluegnu]

Worked a charm. Cheers.

 

[SuperJenks]

To add a user do the following:

Net user <Username> <Password> /add

There must be a way to specify user as a member of groups but havn't figured it out yet...

 

[djtech2k]

If you want local machine groups, then:

net localgroup

will work, but domain groups must be handled with vbscript, with the ds-tools, or something else.

The net group command used to work in NT, but I am not positive if it works or if I would trust it in AD.

 

[crobin1]

Actually you can do domain groups from the command line. To add a domain user to a domain group:

net group domaingroupname domainusername /add /domain

You can delete users with /delete. I use this often when I need to quickly change membership of a security group and don't want to dig through our AD structure. Type NET HELP GROUP for additional information.