Script needed to reset passwords for all users in OU

[tosca925]

Has anyone got a script that will enable me to reset all the passwords for all the users in OU. WE have 180 night school accounts that i need to reset for this years intake. I found a script (below)but cannot seem to get it to do the job.

 

 

http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/ezine/ezine83.htm#Example_-_To_Reset_All_Passwords_in_a_Named_OU._

[MkII]

As my usernames take the form blue1, blue2 etc, I achieve this by creating a batch file in excel, exporting usernames and setting the passwords as the kids surname.

[Ric_]

You can bulk select all the users in an OU and perform the 'reset password' command can't you?

[tosca925]

I tried that yesterday by select all of them then right click but the 'reset password option odes not appear.!

[mac_shinobi]

tosca, in that script on the computer performance website , what did you try to change in that script to get it to work ?

[mac_shinobi]

If you pm me with the full altered script with all your relevant info in it ie the domain name etc etc then I can take a look at it for you

[SpuffMonkey]

Can't you export the user logons from AD - pop into excel and add net user at the front and a password at the end - then save it as a txt file and change the .txt to a bat and run it.

 

eg

 

net user

 

thats how I set all of my little dear's passwords.

[MkII]

That's what I said SM - without the helpful detail tho'

[GrumbleDook]

Can't you export the user logons from AD - pop into excel and add net user at the front and a password at the end - then save it as a txt file and change the .txt to a bat and run it.

 

eg

 

net user

 

thats how I set all of my little dear's passwords.

 

If you are running it on a box other than a DC (ie your own workstation) you need to have administrative access and also stick /domain on the end too.

[tosca925]

Sorry to sound a bit thick but could someone give me example of a txt file that would look lik eif i run it on a DC...............?

[GrumbleDook]

net user mickeymouse goofy (username is mickeymouse and password is goofy)

each user on a seperate line.

[tosca925]

I figured out why it did not work. The script information said it did not need the LDAP information jus the OU. But i had a OU inside a OU. It turns out that it needs all the OU information of LDAP but not the DC info.

 

All works well now.

 

Thanks to everyone who helped me.

[MkII]

can you put that in text then Tosca?